first cut is the deepest

This seems like an appropriate subject that goes with the time of the season.



For at least the 15 years I've been on a streak where at least once a year I accidentally cut myself.

From kitchen knives, mandoline, glass, box cutters, chainsaw, pieces of metal etc...



These are all cuts that are more than some "usual" or "normal" cut. Most of these bleed profusely and for a few days.

I've never went to get stitches but with some of these I should have and have done some weird things to stop the bleeding.



I thought this year I might make it but of course I was wrong. A couple days ago I was using a box cutter.

This wasn't exactly a cut but more of a stabbing. I was cutting a plastic tie and after I cut it proceeded to
stab my thumb on the other hand because I was leaning on what I was cutting. Luckily the blade wasn't all the way out but it was out enough. I stabbed it into the the base of my thumb. Yes, there was blood. A lot of blood. Still bleeding.

I can still wiggle it but I cant grip anything or make a thumbs up. Which means my dream of being Arthur Fonzarelli in the reboot of Happy Days will never happen.


Anybody have any good self slice and dice stories?

I may take your advice. A week later the bleeding has stopped (after 3 days) Not swollen anymore but I still can't give a thumbs up. Very tender and
more painful now than it was when I did it. It's bruised above the wound but now below the wound and above it is a weird shade of yellow. 
Looks kind of like a bruise the yellow seems to be spreading. Not sure what that's about. 

Yeah, I know. Doctors and I don't get along. Haven't been in a very long time. They misdiagnosed me for over a month and in the meantime I was 
living with a blood clot I developed after an injury. Not just one doctor but 3!  I do think i'm going to need to bite the bullet on this one. 

When I was about 9 years old, I was fooling around in my Dad's garage, and cut a slice off my left index finger with one of his box cutters. I still remember the sound as this little slab of flesh landed on the cement. Mind you, it was a very small slab of flesh, not like I had to be rushed to the hospital, right around the knuckle I think. I still have this little "empty spot" that's hollowed out.

I do my best to keep my knives very sharp because that helps keep accidents down. What I notice is when they get dull, THAT is when I get hurt. One time, a few years back, that's what happened. I cut myself on the tip of my thumb. It was a small slice, but the knife, while dull by my standards, was sharp to most, and when I took the towel away, the blood sprayed all over, and it just looked like a Jackson Pollock experiment gone wild.

It's amazing how much our little digits really can bleed.

I hate shaving. If I had a list of 3 things I'd never want to do again, shaving would be on that list. 

@opus

I was so worried you were a cutter from the title of the thread. Glad to see you are talking about normal household accidents!

I don't get cut often though I won't use a Mandoline!

But the other day my husband was using the electric hedge trimmer. He zigged when he should have zagged. luckily it could have been much worse. He had on leather gloves which were cut. The nail on his middle finger was cut to the flesh. Took a lot of healing but he is okay now. Scary!!

I don't cut myself often (watch now I will. lol) but I get burns from the oven often.

Since I don't cook that much I don't get burned so often, but I remember once I wanted to fry something and instead of dipping the food into the oil to see if it was hot enough, I dipped my index finger in! It hurt like hell but at least I found out the oil was enough for me to fry my chips in