Finger Tearout!

[wizer]

Morning guys.

The skin graft went well yesterday. I arrived at 7:30 and was on the trolley by 8am. My whole arm was completely numbed for the procedure. It took about 90mins. They ended up taking a flap of skin from below the wound. I couldn't bare to watch them work but they did show me at the end and it looks very neat, 46 stitches. After that it was sandwich, ribena and see yah later.

The arm block didn't wear off fully until about 10pm last night. I felt quite groggy from the whole thing.

I'm back on Tuesday for re-dressing and then again on the following Tuesday to start physio. Full recovery should take 6-8 weeks.

I Intend to be back in the workshop ASAP, can't let this put me off.

[Dave S]

Glad it went well.
I guess you may have mixed feelings about physiotherapy in view of your back, but having been rehabilitated from various injuries over the years I would encourage anyone to 'do as the physio says'!!

Good to see that you are anxious to get back to the workshop

Dave

[cadas]

Hope it all goes well, very scary pictures.

But, it isn't a bad reminder, I made a point of wearing the safety specs today that have been getting left more and more on the bench. And, I've stopped to think about what I'm doing at each step.

It's easy to get complacent, I know I have been

Good luck

[wizer]

yes I imagine it will make me very methodical when it comes to safety in the future

[jfc]

Every time i see a post like this it reminds me of what can happen with one small slipup . I keep saying i am going to stick the pictures on my machines but i think i would spend all day feeling sick
Regarding the physio , it worked a treat for me when i did my minisc ... manisc... i hurt my knee . They told me to ride my bike with the seat up to get the leg working again . What they failed to tell me was to do it for a few mins a day not ride five miles to my next hospital oppointment .

[engineerone]

come on jason where did they tell you to stick the seat up ;D that's why you hurt afterwards ;D

all the best wizer

paul

[jfc]

Seat was up because the leg wouldnt bend , must have been a picture when i stopped at the lights and just fell over ;D