Originally Posted by nhweaver
Well, today I did something that I have never did in my 5 decades of sewing, i was feeding a strip of quilting in my janome, needle down, and sneezed. my pointer finger on my right hand went right under the foot and sewed! I yanked my finger out, needle down, broke the needle, ouch. DH pulled two pieces of the needle out of my finger. Emergecny room cost big bucks with my insurance, tomorrow I am going to my doc for a tetanus shot and pain pills. it is a thumping. I did not bleed on the strip though, typing is hard. I went back and finished the strips, cannot iron. Did anyone ever do this? any infection? how long to heal??
I haven't done this, but thanks for the warning about sneezing. I'm such a klutz that I always try to be extra careful around the sewing machine and the rotary cutter. I suppose I should get a klutz glove...
My doctor always gives me a tetanus buster when I get to a birthday with a round number (40, 50, 60), so it is easy to remember when you last had one.
Hope you are feeling better soon.
Deb