What a plonker !

[Peter Gillson]

Hi guys

the plonker in question is me.

yesterday, I discovered the hard way that the blade on by table saw is harder than my thumb. not sure what exactly happened but a moments lapse in concentration anm the saw was cutting into the end of my thumb. Rushed up to A&E then admission to the ward and 1 and a half hours in surgery!

looks positive so far but i am looking at my hand beib 6 weeks in plaster which is really puts paid to modelling for a while.

still, it could be worse - at least I have a whole thumb, albeir that the end bone is about 2mm narrower.

peter

[Jim R]

Hi Peter
As you say it could have been worse but pretty horrendous anyway. It only takes a small misjudgement for an accident to happen.
Jim

[scottie3158]

Ouch, get well soon mate.

[papa 695]

Sorry to hear that Peter, but it sounds like you’ll make a full recovery. Get well soon and hopefully back to modelling soon.

[Bobby Conkers]

Seen that done, so you're not alone! Bet it throbbed a tad. Hope it fixes soon and they've given you some splendid painkillers.

[Mark1]

Yeah could've been worse, could've been my thumb!!!
Glad it'll be OK though mate,speedy recovery.

[simontie]

Sorry to here about your mishap i know last year i fell(sober) and broke my wrist and elbow its amazing what you can’t do with one arm even reading was a chore
hope you get better soon with no lasting damage
simon

[adt70hk]

Peter

Sorry to hear about your accident. Hope it heals quickly.

ATB.

Andrew

[Allen Dewire]

Bad news Peter...I do hope it heals properly and doesn't have any ill effects on your motor skills in the hand. Just take it easy..........

[Guest]

Sorry to read that Peter, had a slight misshape my self a few years ago like that with a bandsaw, so know how it feels. Does it keep going through your mind !
Luckily for me apart from a deep cut or the bandsaw we're injured, but it did pray on my mind for some time after.

[Airborne01]

I'm only going to say :thumb2: and hope it works mate!
Steve

[Isitme]

Hi Peter,
Having suffered a thumb injury just recently I can sympathise with your plight.
But now comes an even greater problem - when on a visit to the small room, that is when you know who your friends are...
Hope you mend quickly,
Mike.

[Dave Ward]

Peter,
strong hand, or weak hand? I get bouts of OA in my right hand occasionally, and I've learnt to do one or two things with my left hand - like airbrushing! Luckily writing with a pen is a thing of the past!, but it does highlight some of the finer motor skills you use, and lose! I find I have to allow much more time to do things single handed - and some things you shouldn't even attempt - like changing a duvet cover! :rolling:
Dave

[Tim Marlow]

Wow, hope that heals well Peter, it sounds very painful. I broke my arm a few years ago and know exactly what the guys are saying. There are some things that suddenly become very difficult to do one handed. I found investing in elasticated tracksuit bottoms made some of the more mundane, but necessary, tasks a bit easier.

[boatman]

SORRY to hear this Peter hope you on the mend soon garwd we are all in the wars it seems
chris