OK, so I am writing this with nine fingers right now. No, this is not some kinky masturbatory experiment.
I cut myself pretty bad at work the other day. Brand new box cutter, nylon band that appeared thicker than it actually was, WHAM, fresh razor blade right into the knuckle of my right index finger. OWWW. The blade came out just as quick as it went in and I'm looking at a straight finger with a cut that I can look into, but oddly enoughno blood!!!
Then I bent the finger a little and it was instantly red and dripping. I'm free flowing blood. Hoping there are no vampires around.
After getting patched up, I spent the rest of the day pretty much making sure the bleeding has stopped. It turned out that every time I bent my finger, I would tear open the wound. So it was on to the splint action, leaving my finger immobile for a couple of days.
As it turns out I remember reading that if you have to loose a finger then you want to lose the index finger of your non-dominant hand. Which is the one that is know just useless right now.
Turns out that is true. I figure that about 90% of what I do on a daily basis is unaffected by the splint. And of that 10% that is affected 8% of it is affected simply because the finger is still there, is it were completely gone then I would be able to adjust.
Video games are a problem, and guitar (but I could never play that well anyway). So remember, if you absolutely need to loose a finger, (like the devil bets that you can't light your light ten times in a row) then chop the index of your non-dominant hand.
These are lessons you learn from random books.