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??
Yes, I did. Just wasn't paying attention and my left index finger went under the foot. Needle broke. Scared the devil out of me. I also pulled two pieces out of my finger, but there's still a teeny third piece in there. I didn't go to the doc. Just kept an antibiotic cream and bandaid on it. My finger was sore a while, maybe a week, the most, but there wasn't any localized redness or apparent infection. Can hardly see the piece anymore unless I press the skin down very hard. I'm embarrassed to say I never thought about getting a tetanus shot :oops:
Sounds like you really hurt yourself, and I hope all goes well with your healing :-)
Angela