Potato Slicer

I love watching Japanese cooking shows. I cannot understand what they are saying but I can usually tell what ingredients are being added and the process being used. As I watched I fell in love with a Japanese Mandolin similar to this one. I went to all my favorite Japanese stores and found one. I was so excited. I have been using it daily for months. Yesterday, I got over confident, and I lost the tip of my finger. Now I am wondering if this goes in my recycle bin or regular trash. Lots and lots of pain, at almost 24 hours bleeding and it hasn't stopped. I have huge gauze thingy wrapped around the finger. I am typping without the use of my right middle finger. It is amazing how much I use my right hand.

What a baby I am but this has been one of the most excruciating experiences of my life and the ER doctor told me to take Tylenol. This was after I had the wound irrigated with what looked and burned like Lysol. Then they wrapped me up and sent me home. I was up all night. I had another appointment this morning where they removed the bandage and poked it for awhile and then made me wait alone in the room on my own. I just started bawling. I was so scared they would re-irrigate the thing. But, no they cauterized it, which was much worse. They sent me home with Tylenol 3 and I don't have to come back until Monday.