Oof! I seriously f**ked up my right hand.

[sergiodeblanc]

I was washing dishes last night, broke a plate, and put a deep @ss gash into the meaty palm area of my thumb on my right hand.

Blood everywhere , ER, X-rays, five stitches, maybe some tendon damage, and god yeah, it hurts.

No guitar, no driving, no Rosy Palm and her four friends, no video games, no keyboards… I’m wrecked. Thank goodness I made the switch to bidets (y’all gotta go there if you haven’t) because my technique of wiping with the left is… let’s say; flawed.

Man, dunno how lucky I’ve been all these years without wrecking my mitts before.

I guess I’m gonna catch up on TV (I need to buy a left handed remote control) until this heals and I go to a hand specialist.

I’ll spare you the horror show pictures, because @Lola ’s husband’s feet has significantly traumatized us for the year.

But yeah, I’mma Sad Serge. I hope I can hold a pick again.

 

[Eddie kim]

That suck. Hope All goes well for you.

 

[bodia]

Aw bro, that really sucks. sending you some mojo. Maybe you can finally learn to play the harmonica

The real concern is; can you eat tacos with your left hand?

 

[Warmart]

Sh1t man sorry to hear this, let's hope it ends up being a quicker return to normal than you think!

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Aw bro, that really sucks. sending you some mojo. Maybe you can finally learn to play the harmonica

The real concern is; can you eat tacos with your left hand?

I dunno?!?! Damn! I’m gonna have to practice tilting my head to the right!

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Sh1t man sorry to hear this, let's hope it ends up being a quicker return to normal than you think!

Yeah! They are worried my thumb is dislocated. I feel like I have to crack my thumb every 4 mins.

Of course when I try… I black TF out.

 

[andy474x]

Oh man, that sucks! I hope it ends up being on the less serious side and heals quickly.

That’ll teach ya for doing chores.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Oh man, that sucks! I hope it ends up being on the less serious side and heals quickly.

That’ll teach ya for doing chores.

Chores are my livelihood! When my wife finds out how little I actually do, she’ll make me get a job.

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Sh!t bro, that’s not good. Accidents like this really suck.

Hope you heal quickly and well.

Can you mend the plate?

 

[Coral Sky Music]

Sorry to hear that man... I feel your pain, I am no stranger to hand injuries , my last one happened to my left hand and couldn't even think about playing a guitar or even hold a cup of coffee or cigarette with my left hand for over a year...
Hoping its just a bad flesh wound and there's no ligament or tendon damage.
My advice is keep that puppy elevated like Horsshack, throw your hand in a ziploc when showering, and after a couple of days of healing if your hand swells get a bag of frozen peas to place on your hand.. Hold it on there as long as you can stand it...

 

[Silvertree]

I’ve been there. I tore the ligament in my right thumb and was in a cast for six weeks. You learn to…adapt…to using your left hand. Hope everything gets back to normal soon.

 

[Toolmaster Of Brainerd]

It's a sign: you need to get a blue guitar and play some one handed blues.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

It's a sign: you need to get a blue guitar and play some one handed blues.

I have a blue guitar.

 

[dmatthews]

Argh!
I did a similar (but much less damaging) thing a couple of weeks ago. I had no idea that one of the glasses in the sink was broken.
Sliced my right thumb and forefinger.
Caught it just in time before it went too deep.
You went all in man... brutal.
There are better and more controlled ways to be a blood donor.

 

[jxe]

this happened to me cleaning some greasy restaurant kitchen equipment, in murder-sharp stainless. the weird gross squeak of metal into skin. glove up, childrens.

get well soon!

 

[Gtrbldr]

Ouch... That is tough.. get well soon!

 

[Tom Bradovich]

Damn, Serge, that totally sucks. Hope you heal up completely and quickly.

 

[Going Modal]

Gawd damn.. that sucks. With a thread title like that, as soon as I read, "I was washing dishes last night, broke a plate," I gasped and shivered because I guessed what was coming.

Clearly you found a way to type, so we can still see you around these parts; but it's the actual "no guitar playing" (which we know is more important than internet chatting) that sucks worse. Not to mention the straight-up pain and aggravations that you're dealing with now in everyday life.

Sending positive vibes your way for a speedy & complete recovery.

 

[vchizzle]

Aww man, I hope ya heal up quickly and everything is straight. You know the saying- use your left hand, it’ll be like a stranger is doing it!

 

[ruger9]

Hang in there, keep thinking positive. One step at a time. I mangled my LEFT hand twice in 2 years: first I put a circular saw blade right down the middle of my middle finger. Stitches, nerve damage. Luckily I didn't hit bone, no surgery was needed. The tip where it presses on the strings is still more sensitive than the rest, probably always will be. I consider myself lucky.

One year later, bacon grease gave me what they now call a partial-depth burn (basically a 2-1/2 degree burn, any more and skin grafts would have been required), again on the left hand. Fried (literally) my thumb and index finger. With the exception of the skin pigment, they function totally normal. Again- I consider myself lucky.

At least you didn't SEVER a finger! Just hang in, keep thinking positive. If you cut a tendon, that's a bigger deal of course, but not insurmountable. Bless you and prayers coming your way!