I have sympathy for that type of injury.
One of my favorite war stories:
I was peeling potatoes,reallly swiftly,but didn't realize the surgical power of my new (OXO brand-highly recommended) peeler-until I umm,yes-lopped the tip of my finger off.
Deep slice,well into the nail bed.It didn't hurt...at first...so i wrapped it in gauze and tape and a few rubber gloves attached to my wrist with rubber bands.
Now it's sharply painful and my next task is portioning up a huge fresh salmon.
Can do.Slow,steady. Don't mess up the beautiful expensive fishy.
Luckily, I was drinking at the time and could apply cold medicinal bottles of cider and wine to my brain throughout the service,which I made it through,pausing only to empty out puddles of blood from my improvised germicidal barrier.
No blood got into the food,I assure you.I take kitchen hygiene seriously.
I think I had some potent hash as well.I'm sure that helped.
I spoke to a doctor on the phone the next day and he assured me that with a gouge into the nail bed I was not to handle food,much less run a busy seafood restaurant...
"sorry,Doctors orders, I need some time off" yes,on a holiday weekend.
But on this same weekend the legendary Mad Professor was appearing at Dubmission in the city along with Sister Aisha and the PanAfricanist~ Ariwa sound style and I talked to DJStevo and I'm like'good news,bro-I cut my finger off and get to go to the show!' and it was a great gig.
It took a while,but the fingertip grew back. whew.
