In article , Amy
Guskin says...
>
>>> On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 13:57:48 -0500, Jan wrote
>(in article ):
>> 
>> Jan
>> (who will probably be making many typos for a while, having sliced off a 
>> portion
>> of her left index fingrr over the weekend.) <<
>
>Whaaaaat?  Oh my poor dear, whatever did you _do_?  I hope it's at least a 
>wild and colorful story!
>
>And...is it reattached?  Or is it a small enough portion that it will regrow 
>on its own?
>
>Amy (who will NOT chide Jan for any typos in the near future!)

Thanks for the typo dispensation, I'm sure it'll be needed.

Sadly, no fun or dramatic story.  I was opening a package of kielbasa and the
knife slipped, removing aslice of the pad of the index finger.  Don't know how
long it'll be before I can get fingerprinted.  I was using a newly washed and
sharpened knife and the bleeding stopped fairly quickly with pressure applied.
It really only hurts when the bandage snags on something (often) or I forget
about it and put pressure on it (also often).

A friend assured me that I should slather it with Neosporin since the
commercials assured him that it would heal faster but I decided against it since
the never-opened package of Neosporin I had in my first aid kit expired in 2001.
Good thing band-aids don't expire!

Jan


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