about 22 stitches all in all, they had to cut open my thumb in a Z shaped to get to the tendon damage . the tendon was 80% severed and the palm of my hand was also flapping in the wind with nerve damage inside, 6 weeks in a fibreglass arm/hand casting . the little 1 inch cut below my thumb caused more damage than the big cut and was the reason of the other side of my thumb needing cut open, its not that clear but it also sliced through my thumbnail twice ....and all from a plastic fan blade....

 

Fucking rock on. That was a proper job. Congrats dude, I'm impressed.

Seriously though, will there be any lasting effects, other than scarring?

 

fookin ouch!!

gonna be a nice couple of scar's tho!!

 

jesus christ mate!

 

bloody hell i bet that hert lol.

 

my god I feel sick!!

 

shouldnt be an lasting damage they say, 6 weeks in a fibreglass cast and physio after. as far as my kids know its a shark bite from when i was fishing.

 

Fuck mate thats nasty

 

ouch. did you sharpen the fan before you fitted it

 

she meant fanny not fan

 

thats well savage m8,how did you manage to do that then? my hand slipped when removing a rad the other day,and the rad dug into my hand,felt like 5 razor blades going into my hand at once,but nothing compared to yours mate,i was left with a weird rat scratch like tattoo under my skin as i think oil got under the skin.
have they said youl have to go to hand class?

 

Ouch bet that hurt,and damm pesky sharks

 

you right handed?? if so at least your wanking hand is safe

good scars though!

 

i felt the blades thudding into my hand but theyre hard brittle plastic so a couple snapped leaving ragged sharp edges to get me on the next turn...
its not my main hand so i was back at work the day after the operation.thats the joys of being self employed.i get the stitches out next friday and the cast off in another 4 weeks then its physio classes i think.

 

I can imagine that is alot more painful than the 52 stitches i had on my right ear

 

Can I ask a really silly question, what was your hand doing next to a running fan anyway?

 

As the old saying goes "If a job's worth doing. It's worth doing well". You deffo did that one well mate. Ouch

 

the odd thing is theres been very little pain, the adrenaline at the time stops you feeling anything and as i was out with a general anaesthetic for the op i woke up in recovery with the job done. i whacked it with a hammer at work yesterday and it throbbed as youd normally expect but no more .
the fan wasnt running at the time but i had just driven my ebay purchase home and it was hot . the fan hadnt been cutting in as it should and the temp was running high. the key was in the half turn position to hear the radio as i worked as the fan cut in at the wrong moment.
lesson learned, always disconnect the battery when working in the engine bay.

 

fuzzy i dont think your meant to whack it with a hammer while your hands still fucked up

 

Must of had glass in it

 

just a little scratch

looks nasty dude!

 

I had a feeling that it would be a late cut-in jobbie , fair play mate done a blinding job there ... Chicks dig scars

 

Nah, sure it happened in Scotland.


Cheers,
Grant

 

u dont wanna go whackin it with a hammer lol,itl be sore when you take the cast off mate,itl be well stiff,trust me

 

were not soft southern nancy boys up here . up here we'd usually chew off your own hand and cover up the stump with insulating tape. then get back to work.

 

proper job jobed that one

 

Proper job on that mate ! fair play.

 

Fucking hell mate did a proper number on that one!!

I have two scars on my arm from when I was working on a mates Rover P6, was idling the engine and messing with the carb screws when I dropped the screwdriver, reached down to pick it back up and burnt the top of my arm on an exhaust (another scar for that one) and in the process pulled my hand back out of instinct and jamed the other side in the belt driven fan

 

ouch fuzzy as i always say if a jobs worth doing its worth doing right well done fella .hope it heals well

 

Gonna have a nice scar there

 

wow, nasty injury there just from the fan.

i remember Rob whipped the top of his finger off on the fan too.

hope all gets better with no problems.

 

Fuck a Duck wasn't expecting that, you should ask them if Matt Baxter could make the cast for you out of Carbon

 

thats allot worse than i thought it would be

 

Hope it all heals well with no lasting damage. On an upside (if you could call it one), the scar on your palm is like a proper 'pirate' scar, is well cool.
Drop the fan part and exagerate the plastic blade bit. You've got the makings for a fine story there

 

...now my painkiller and antibiotic course has finished it has started to throb a bit....

 

Thats fookin nasty mate

 

Frankenstein hand! Looks a sore one matey

 

Well done fuzzy... looks like a proper you and the surgeon done

 

ouch

 

i was wondering if it was the work experience trainee that did the cut and stitch on my thumb. theres obviously a proper medical reason they cut it in a Z shape rather than a straight cut from top to bottom.