Any medical geniuses here? (injury here 10 minutes ago)
(warning: kinda nasty photo below)
I was just cutting up some chicken and I knocked the VERY sharp knife off of the counter. It bounced off of the floor and landed edge down on top of my big toe right in between the big knuckle on your foot and the smaller knuckle out on the big toe itself. Perfect shot. At first I thought I got lucky and that the dull side of the blade hit me, but no dice. Some blood started flowing (dark, dark red) but not too much. And it didn't hurt hardly at all. The cut is about 1/2 inch long.
Cleaned it out (that did sting a bit) and started looking at the wound. Pretty deep. Started to flex the toe and it feels really weird. I can flex the big knuckle fine up and down, but the little knuckle for the tip of the toe is jacked up. I can flex it downward, but not upward at all. Looking at my other foot, it sure feels like the tendon or whatever it is that controls stuff there is right under the damn skin. I'm wondering if I cut it, nicked it, etc. Maybe there's a bundle of tendons and I cut one of them?
I assume that if I cut the tendon that it would freaking hurt like hell. But it doesn't. I can walk around almost normally, just can't straighten out the big toe.
Of course I will see a doc ASAP, but any geniuses here have an opinion? Ever cut a tendon?
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Originally Posted by crays
I don't know about boots, you can bet that I will have slippers on at least the next time I'm wielding a knife. (and I do all the cookin 'round here)
