Sunday, August 9, 2015

Whining For Sympathy (or How I Cut Myself And Almost Died In An Unfortunate Cake-Decorating Incident)

I haven't shared this with too many people but I've been a bit injured.

Okay that might be an exaggeration. I've shared it with everyone who's been unlucky enough to be in earshot lately. But this injury really hurt. And I bled - a lot! I wouldn't be surprised if I'm anaemic. (Note to self - eat more red meat this week.) And you don't get sympathy for such a big boo-boo unless you let people know that you're injured.


I told my running friends as we were about to start our long run last week and the sympathy was overwhelming. It gushed right over me and made me feel all warm and fuzzy. 'You poor thing I don't know how you can even run with that injury.' Made me feel so loved and admired for my hard-cored-ness. But I did have just a little inkling that maybe, just maybe, there was a touch of sarcasm in that comment. That what the commenter was really wanting to say was 'Stop your whining - it's only a little cut on your thumb.' But only a heartless person who's so dried up inside that their nose does not drip when running in the cold would ever think of being sarcastic to a mortally wounded fellow-runner so I assumed that the sympathy was real.

But just to make sure that everyone knew how deep my cut was I thought I'd better post a picture of it on Facebook. Serious matters should always be aired on Facebook. Unfortunately the gaping flap of skin had glued itself down and what was supposed to be an impressive picture of gore was incredibly underwhelming. A bit like the enormous spider that you kill that shrivels up to pea-size before anyone can be astounded with your bravery. 


No one was overwhelmed.

So I have had to battle through this week with quite a disability and only a modicum of empathy. It's been hard to do anything. I managed to get out of washing up for a couple of days and that was kind of fun. But there was no getting out of working when there were deadlines. I kept getting pins and thread caught in it. But worst of all was writing. It was so hard to do my crossword every day. But I'm a trouper and soldiered on through the pain and each crossword was completed (or almost - some of the clues were ridiculous).


I bet you're all wondering exactly how I injured myself. It was one of those run-of-the-mill chocolate curling accidents. Who knew that creating chocolate cake-toppers would be fraught with such peril?!! I've spent a lot of last week Googling the mortality rates of chocolatiers but the stats seem so be pretty hard to find. 


I think I should stay away from sharp implements.

12 comments:

  1. Before of all I have to say that you got injured for an important cause.
    Seriously I understand your pain, mom used to say: "the pain in the finger arrives to the brain"

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  2. Sorry but I laughed out loud at this. Cuts to the thumb are particularly painful because of all the nerves I think. I did it myself last week (not such a mortal wound as yours though).

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  3. Firstly the pain and, secondly, the disability: you couldn't do anything because that injury involved on the right hand. Sorry for that!,

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  4. You had to take one for the team. I hope you recovery quickly! ; )

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  5. I'm sure it was far worse than it looks. At least you documented some blood loss.

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  6. ...and this is why chocolatiers cannot be insured.

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  7. Now if you had given me the cake this would have never have happened!

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  8. Oooh, brrr, I can't even look at that picture! Hope it heals soon so you can get back to normally scheduled baking and running!

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  9. You should have married my boss LOL. He wants me to call emergency when he has such a huge cut like you :)

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  10. Ouch!!! Happy to give all the sympathy in the world & wash dishes for that cake!!!!!!

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  11. I remember the post on FB and laughed at the time cos I could relate. I had a cut once which would not stop bleeding and I wondered if I should get in my car and drive to the hospital... Sadly mine are/were almost always inflicted when cutting onions. I'm not sure why.

    I'd much prefer if they happened during chocolate / cake preparation.

    Glad you've recovered without surgery! ;-)

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  12. Hi Char, nice to meet you, I found your blog thanks to Housegoeshome. That looks like a nasty cut. I have done similar when slicing tomatoes with a bread knife! (Who does that??). Never again. My apologies if this comment comes through three times, I had a bit of trouble signing in.

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