Author Topic: done riding 4 this yr, maybe (Read 4238 times)

74cb750 · « **on:** August 24, 2008, 01:31:52 PM »

squashed 2 fingers in log splitter. not much left except bones. ugh!

what happened? well, i was moving/reaching to move the wood on the splitter,
slipped, and braced my left hand on the wood,, to not do a face plant,
meanwhile, my belt loop caught on the on button.

hopefully they won't have to amputate them monday, as it is also the 1st day of my new job.
i am sure i'll still be able to operate mc clutch w exercise, someday.

new employer (vermont country stores) said they'd find something for me to do.

peace,
michel

kghost · « **Reply #1 on:** August 24, 2008, 01:46:41 PM »

Damn.

I sure hope they don't amputate them either.

Keep us posted....(guessing your gonna have some free time)

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

(basically don't know what to add....what does one do to recover after smashing thier fingures flat?)

burmashave · « **Reply #2 on:** August 24, 2008, 02:08:22 PM »

Oh, man, Michel. I'm so sorry to hear about it. It sounds like a freakish accident. I pray that all goes well on Sunday. Best wishes.

Raul CB750K1 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 24, 2008, 02:18:46 PM »

Damn!!!! It hurts just with reading about the accident.....

CBGhia · « **Reply #4 on:** August 24, 2008, 02:30:34 PM »

get yourself a new clutch cable and lube it well and you should be fine. Good luck! You may still have some riding in you this season.

Rocking-M · « **Reply #5 on:** August 24, 2008, 04:08:25 PM »

Michel, man that's a bad one. I hope your able to dodge the amputation.
Here's hoping for a speedy recovery too!

Just the other day I was thinking a conversion to a hydraulic clutch might be doable on
the old Hondas. Might be something to check into then you can operate much more easily.

Best and again hoping for a speedy recovery.

kghost · « **Reply #6 on:** August 24, 2008, 04:14:21 PM »

Worst come to worst....

Theres suicide clutch and jocky shift.

Speedy recovery and lets hope ya don't come to that .

Was gonna say fingers crossed......but well you know.....

UnCrash · « **Reply #7 on:** August 24, 2008, 04:49:26 PM »

I wish you a speedy recovery.

Having amputated the end of my thumb in a table saw, I can sympathize with your pain.

You'll return to a properly functioning person soon.

I hope you get to keep your fingers.

All the best-

Ben

tramp · « **Reply #8 on:** August 24, 2008, 05:35:39 PM »

sounds bad but it could have been a lot worse
good luck in finger rehab

333 · « **Reply #9 on:** August 24, 2008, 06:56:43 PM »

About the only thing I could add is:

It wouldn't have happened if you'd have been wearing suspenders!

I hope all goes well Monday.

Raul CB750K1 · « **Reply #10 on:** August 25, 2008, 12:59:42 AM »

Quote from: UnCrash on August 24, 2008, 04:49:26 PM

Having amputated the end of my thumb in a table saw, I can sympathize with your pain.

A famous spanish actor was asked once how he decided about his profession. He said something in the line of "well, my dad was a carpenter, and the only thing I knew is that I didn't want to be one, because he and all the other carpenters I knew had some fingers amputated".

I remember the quote very well because when I was a kid, a carpenter came home to install some wooden doors and the vision of that hand without two fingers struck me.

dustyc · « **Reply #11 on:** August 25, 2008, 01:51:00 AM »

At least your new employer is being cool.

Having a recent hand injury myself, my advice is keep active -helps keep your spirits up, count your blessings -it could have been worse and there are lots of people with bigger problems, remember doctors hedge their bets -I know too many people doctors told would never heal that have healed to the point you'd never know anything happened. My dad was told he'd never walk again -walks just fine now.

I hope today brings good news for you. Keep us posted. We're pulling for you.

74cb750 · « **Reply #12 on:** August 25, 2008, 05:47:10 PM »

dr. is letting me keep all fingers for 2 more weeks, maybe. i think he is hedging his bets. says it wiill all depend on how they heal up, but one finger has almost no muscle left.....damn! employer is really graet.

at least i don't have to be taking the Mossburg 12 gauge to the beavers

very hard to hold anything using just one hand.
peace,
michel

burmashave · « **Reply #13 on:** August 25, 2008, 05:54:30 PM »

Well that's some good news, although you aren't out of the woods. We'll pray for you and those fingers.

azuredesign · « **Reply #14 on:** August 25, 2008, 07:29:42 PM »

Hang in there! Having used borrowed splitters over the years, I can see how something similar could happen to me as well. I hope you heal up with all digits intact!

mattcb350f · « **Reply #15 on:** August 25, 2008, 08:56:32 PM »

That's horrible Michel!

Lets hope they heal up well eh'

I'm glad you posted this though, as I'll be breaking out the spliter soon.......

.....I'll be sure to keep these stories in mind.

Matt.

martino1972 · « **Reply #16 on:** August 25, 2008, 09:08:25 PM »

all the best for your hand....

i'm also taking out the splitter soon,i will be a warned man...here's how i split wood>>

tramp · « **Reply #17 on:** August 26, 2008, 06:29:33 AM »

way to split logs
do whatever the doc told you to do with your finger
you might just get to keep it
good luck

74cb750 · « **Reply #18 on:** August 26, 2008, 12:49:23 PM »

thanks people, i appreciate your thoghtfulness etc etc

job is going grat, great people to work for, they're giving me 'one-handed jobs' , even tho' i was hired as a 2 handed 'handynan/jack-of-all-trades' type position.

peace,
michel

bunghole · « **Reply #19 on:** August 26, 2008, 01:42:53 PM »

Best wishes on a quick and full recovery!

I got my foot crushed in a motorcycle accident about 10 years ago. One doctor wanted to amputate half of my foot, so I went and found another doctor that had a wait and see approach. I ended up losing only about a quarter inch of my big toe. I was amazed at how well I healed up without ever getting a stitch or any surgery.

The moral is...don't rush into any drastic surgical solutions. Go get a second opinion and see a hand specialist. If it isn't infected, there is no reason to go cutting into it.

Good luck!

jtb · « **Reply #20 on:** August 26, 2008, 02:08:36 PM »

Michel, Glad you still got the fingers. We're thinking about you, Man. Get well soon.

Demon67 · « **Reply #21 on:** August 27, 2008, 04:07:18 PM »

Sorry man, its a #$%* to hurt your hands when you work with them but on other side sounds like a good employer hang in.
Bill the demon

ofreen · « **Reply #22 on:** August 27, 2008, 05:54:07 PM »

I cut off the last inch of two fingers on my left hand in 1978 during an epic brain fart. I stuck them back on, held them there and went to the emergency room. The doc sewed them back on and told me they were unlikely to take. But they did and are 100% all these years later except for a little bit of numbness in one. I was lucky and I wish you the same kind of luck.

burmashave · « **Reply #23 on:** August 27, 2008, 07:18:36 PM »

Quote from: bunghole on August 26, 2008, 01:42:53 PM

The moral is...don't rush into any drastic surgical solutions. Go get a second opinion and see a hand specialist. If it isn't infected, there is no reason to go cutting into it.

+1 on that, michel. Nothing like that has happened to me, but bungholio reminded me of someone I know who went through what he did. That is, the guy I know almost lost a finger, but kept it because he saw another doctor.

Hang in there.

mrbreeze · « **Reply #24 on:** August 28, 2008, 12:38:39 AM »

Hope all goes well for you Michel....I broke my big toe years ago dropping a big rig truck rim on it (breaking down a split rim). I know about hurting your digits(I'll tell ya....feet are worse). My best wishes go out to ya bro.

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Author Topic: done riding 4 this yr, maybe (Read 4238 times)

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