08.26.05
After 3 months
My fingers are doing well, no scabs left, but a lot of scar tissue. I still can’t type with the one I cut off, unless I’m wearing a protector that the PT gave me. Well, I can type with it, but not very long.
I can do pretty much anything else, tho. They still feel really wierd, because the nerves haven’t learned their new jobs. They’re still rather sensitive, and get stiff easily. I do excercises everyday to keep the tendons limber. Typing helps, too.
The finger that I only cut into is still partially dead at the end. Some of the feeling has come back, so I have hope that it all will. Everyone tells me it’ll be a couple of years before everything is close to back to normal. I don’t really miss the end of my finger, except the nail is curled more than all the rest.
My fear of table saws is getting worse instead of better. I have used the table saw since the accident, but I was sweating bullets. Now just the thought of using it just about makes me pee my pants.
I’ll try to post a current photo or two.