I know your pain. In August I cut a chunk off my left index finger too. I immediately grabbed a cloth and held it tight to stop the bleeding and my DH took me to the ER. No stitches because the chunk was gone! They checked the cloth I had been holding around my finger and the chunk wasn't there. When I got home I checked my cutting mat...no chunk.....but lo and behold there it was ........stuck to my rotary cutter blade and all dried up. I ordered a Klutz glove immediately!