Hi everyone. I have just got back from the hospital after having cut the top of my index finger of with the rotary cutter.I am feeling a bit sore and feeling how can Ihave been so silly

Yikes!

I have cut off my acrylic nails with them before but not my flesh. Hope you get well soon and that the pain isn't too bad.

Oh that is horrible. There was no way to save the tip of your finger? Hoping that you heal swiftly and without any complications.

OH my how painful I hope it heals quickly.

(((HUGS))) I hope it heals quickly :D:D:D

Ouch!! I have really been thinking about getting a "klutz glove" like they show on Fons & Porter.. . . . :roll:
I have been watching when I cut, and I get really close to my fingers. . . :shock:
I hope that you heal quickly!

OHHHH Nooooo.....!!! Hope you heal quickly and get back to sewing.........For me, I am an OCD freak about locking the blade everytime I cut...However, one time I borrowed a cutter when I left mine at home. It was nothing like mine, safety locked the opposite way of what I was used to......OOPS..went to reach for something, hit the blade and sliced my finger open...Lesson learned...I'll buy a new one like mine, before I borrow one again....:)

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Ouch!!!! Be careful with those things, they are very sharp!!!

Sit back with a cup of tea and READ the board no (Excess) typing or only couple fingers like me --so slow at this typing thing- and heal quickly:)

Rutthy, so sorry to hear about your accident. That will hurt for a while. My hubby cut the tip of his finger off years ago.
When you get healed up you should get one of those Klutz gloves that Fons and porter sells (like someone mentioned) They will protect your fingers. Let me know if you have trouble finding them and I will help you.
Now go and heal...sending you healing prayers and thoughts!

Sorry to hear about your accident. Maybe I need to reconsider my opinion of the klutz glove.

I did the SAME thing a few years ago. Sorry this happened to you. 8( I was hurrying, trying to get some fabric cut before my kids got up. 8/ I'm now the most careful rotary cutter. (((hugs)))

OMG! My fingers hurt just READING your post!

Get better soon!!!

Hugs to you! Thanks for sharing this will all of us - good reminder - I can get very careless sometimes and am fortunate I haven't done the same thing. Trusting for a complete and rapid healing for you. :)

Thanks for posting. It serves as a reminder to all of us to never let up our vigilance. It is SO easy to slip, and you have helped us all be more careful.

yep been there. it was my thumb though. you may have to get one of those metal finger guards to wear over your finger for awhile. if you cut nerves, it takes awhile for them not to be tender. I think we all learn to be more careful the hard way!

((hugs)) I hope your finger heals quickly. I've had close calls with cutting my fingers. Those blades are very sharp!

I sliced a big piece off the side of my index finger once. When I saw it laying there it took a second to realize what had happened before the bleeding started. Then I was trying to keep from getting it on the fabric!
I am very careful about where I put my fingers now!
I hope you feel better soon!! :D :D

*shivers* Hope you heal quickly!!

OUCH :cry: :cry: I feel your pain. been there.

And please wear shoes while cutting. A dropped rotary cutter will not be nice to a bare foot!

Oh, sorry to hear, take care of it. This has just reminded me to respect those cutters, sometimes we forget.

I am so sorry for your troubles.

Oh honey, that sounds painful! Hugs and get well soon!! :)

Oh my, that's awful. I just barely nipped my finger and it bled all over the place. Hope you aren't in too much pain.

oooooh painful!!! Hope you get well soon!

Sorry this happened, get it well soon.

Welcome to my world!!! I cut off the end of my finger last summer...... :) :) sure has made me more careful! Take some aspirin and I hope you heal fast!

How are you doing now?

Sorry that happened to you but, as for me...been there done that and not so long ago..I watch carefully again now but someday I'll forget and OUCH

I am so sorry for you. Please get well speedy!

Oh my gosh, were they able to sew it back on? Hope you heal quickly.

Ouch....Hope it feels better soon.

Glad you are doing fine. My first quilt instructor has done this as well so she warned us a LOT about safety. Take care and treat yourself to some pampered time.

Ooowwieee! So sorry-hope it heals fast.

Yeah, I almost had one of those moments today as a matter of fact, except it could have been really bad. I don't know what I was thinking. I was sitting down in my office chair (swirly and on a hardwood floor with nothing for grip so it slides everywhere easliy) at my cutting table and was cutting fabric from the top of it towards me instead of from me and away. Well my chair slipped and my hand kept going and the blade went up against my abdomen. Luckily I haven't changed my blade in awhile so it was far from sharp (but still) - so it didn't cut the clothes I was wearing or me (thankfully). Talk about those moments... seriously - sometimes they just happen. I've spent the rest of the day being uber careful! I hope you heal up soon!!! :)

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ouch, take care of yourself

Hugs Hugs :) :)

I am using the Klutz Glove. It's not a cut proof glove, but better than nothing.

I also recommend the O-Lipfa Safety Guard. It's a "lip" that will be attached to your Ruler. Keeps your fingers away from the edge.

Hope you get well soon..About 20 years ago my husband was cutting a straight edge on a piece of leather..He was using a steel ruler and a very sharp knife...He has a perfectly straight edge on his index finger...This was before rotary cutters...It did take a while to heal..Get a finger cot to cover it so it will stay dry while working around the house...

OMGoodness! I am sorry to hear this. Wishing you a speedy recovery.