I understand CA is sometimes used surgically .... Congrat's, Doc! Wally Wilson, RPT At 10:30 AM 8/3/01 -0400, you wrote: >I had the same thing happen to me except it was the right index. I was only >pulling on the old strings to remove them from the tuning pins before >cutting them. I was using my string hook and while pulling I felt caught. I >then noticed that there was a piece of string (tenor #20) stuck in my index. >So after unhooking it, the blood was flowing. Then I used CA glue to stop >the blood. It works fantastic for this. No waiting in emergency room. It was >sore for about two days but CA saved that day for me. > >Marcel Carey > > >So after carrying out this very dubious procedure about a dozen times >SURPRISE! a becket sliced right through the flesh of my left index >finger, opening up a surprisingly large flap of skin, with lots of >blood oozing out. After dripping blood around the school a janitor >helped bandage me up, so I could then spend 3 hours in the emergency >room waiting for a doctor to spend 5 minutes sewing me up. > >So ... Thursday afternoon was a complete wash ($75 co-pay for the ER >visit), and today I've elected to "do office work" and wait for a COD >FedEx delivery (the bass strings from Samick). Have to wear a finger >splint to keep the wound from opening up if I bend the finger. > >Patrick >
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