Hope you are feeling better..just the thought of cutting myself with the rotary cutter makes me shiver. My only time i cut myself was when i first got my rotary cutter.i thought i better show my teenage sons how sharp it is...i got a bit of material and started cutting and somehow dont ask me how the blade nicked my thumb and it felt like a red hot knife going through..luckily it was next to my nail so it didnt go very deep as the nail stopped it from going further..my sons to this day tease me about it and ask is there any other lessons i can give them! It must have worked as to this day which is several years since then my rotary cutter has not been touched and it sits on my sewing table in the lounge...