/diy/ - Do It Yourself

Man all these accidents are gnarly as fuck. I wish I had some good stories.

>stripping bark off a staff for wifes tai chi shit
>also watching TV
>usually nick myself here and there on my fingers but w/e it happens
>just finish stripping off a long peice when her cat jumps onto the back of my chair, simultaneously startling my and jostling me
>drop knife
>lands point down in my ankle an inch deep
>fuck
>stare at it for about 10 seconds then pull it out and hobble to the bathroom dripping blood everywhere
>put foot in tub and reach under sink for hydrogen peroxide
>not there
>hobble back out to desk where the peroxide is
>hobble back
>slip on blood in the bathroom and fall on my ass
>whyhaveyouforsakenmegod.jpg
>finally, FINALLY get foot in the tub and pour the peroxide on it
>pic related
>wad up tp and put pressure on it until I get get my first aid kit
>do a bang up job of sealing it with medical tape and gauze, then wrap it with an ace bandage so I don't use it
It's scarred now, but oozed blood for a few days and was still sore for about 2 months. A medic friend told me I nicked a tendon and I was extremely lucky. Half an inch to the right and I would have needed some sort of surgery.