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Quilting can be Dangerious!!!!

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I just spent 2 1/2 hours in the emergency room to get 2, yes 2 BIG stitches on the top of my Left foot. Dropped the rotary cutter off the table and (of course) it landed, with the blade open, on my foot :???: Wasn't painful, but blood went everywhere. When I finally got the blood slowed down I could see it was deep and told DH I would need "about 2 stitches, damn!"

Tried to go to an Urgent care center. Warning - They all close at 11PM! Even the ones in Emergency Rooms. Also they don't do stitches in them. So, I ended up in an emergency room two miles from my home, but not the one my insurance says I need to go to, or the one I work at. Guess these are expensive stitches.

Keep those rotary blades covered.

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OUCH!

Please be careful and I hope you heal quickly!

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Oh dear........sorry to hear about your little, but expensive, accident. Hope you will heal quickly, Tami. :(
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Post by LucyGoose »

Yikes!! I guess I'll never know what tool your talking about, cause I don't do crafts....Rotary Cutter? Greek to me....:lol:

I hope your foot heals good...:-)
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Post by wishiwere »

Holy wow! :eek: I can't imagine one cutting that deep by falling off the table? Guess I'll be a little more careful. Although most times I do habitually close it when done with a cut, there are a few times, I've caught myself leaving it open for the next one!

Hope it heals quickly, although those straight cuts do seem to take longer, don't they? {{hugs}} for the ER and bill to come :(
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I don't know what that is either, but all I needed to hear was the blade and falling on your foot!!!
:eek:
So if the Urgent care places don't do stictches and such what do they do???
Hope your foot feels better soon!
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Expensive aspirins maybe? :lol:

Honestly the only thing I've gone to them for was a tetenus after I ran a nail into may hand while repositioning timbers in a raised garden to add to it. Hadn't had one in as long I could remember, so HAD to do it, but dang........it was an expensive gouge! :(
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Post by janet »

Ouch!! Tami, first rule of rotary cutting...If it's not in your hand, cover the blade! :o Second rule (in case you forget the first), always wear steel-toed boots while quilting!! :lol: (A rotary cutter resembles a small round pizza cutter with a razor-sharp blade. It has a sliding, locking blade cover gizmo.)
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EWWW!!! Sorry to hear about your accident Tami! I'll bet it's not too easy to wear shoes with a cut like that! :eek:
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Post by Old earth dog »

:o :o DERN! Remind me never to try and mug a quilter! You folks got some serious weapons there! :D
Hope your feeling better Tami! :wink:
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Post by Justme »

Thanks for all the kind thoughts. Luckly the foot doesn't hurt (much). Won't be taking any 1 or 2 mile walks this week.

I promise to be much more careful about my cutter. Scary part is - I need to put a new blade in it! This one is getting dull. If I had replaced the blade when I thought about it, I would have cut my tendon! Got to see it as it was, just missed nicking it :o Always wanted to see my tendons, NOT!

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Post by mamaw2 »

I am so sorry to hear about your foot and hope that it heals for you very quickly. I do all my cutting sitting on the floor and I think I'll continue to do that since reading this post.
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janet wrote: A rotary cutter resembles a small round pizza cutter with a razor-sharp blade.
Janet, that's EXACTLY how I was going to describe one! LOL

Tami, OUCH! Heal quickly!
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Post by dian57 »

Tami, don't feel bad, I did the exact same thing last Sunday evening--same foot even! Mine wasn't as deep and didn't need stitches, but MAN, did it hurt!

Guess I should've read your post before trying to cut quilt strip on the coffee table while watching TV (who knew?).

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Post by wishiwere »

Holy! That's 2 of you! Guess I'll not use mine till I hear of a 3rd! Yeah, like that will happen with all the projects I've to cut out!

Be careful ladies!
:o And to think I allowed my blonde dd use one over christmas! :eek: The one who attempted to cut her finger off while camping with the Girl Scouts one year! :(
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Post by Justme »

Ouch, Sorry about the foot, Dian!

I am very careful to close my cutter if I lay it down at all now.

But I have never gotten a bill from either the hospital or the insurance company! Not even a co-pay (should have been $100).

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Post by Pandora »

Very sorry to hear that. Hope you heal soon! I got one for Christmas and thought "how cool", now I'll be scared to use it. :???:
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