Comments on: Paper Cuts

By: PK the Bookeemonster

PK the Bookeemonster — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:51:06 +0000

I’ve gotten paper cuts from the edges of file folders, too. Ouch!
And regarding infections: take them very seriously. I had an infection in my leg this summer that they initially thought was MRSA (big bad virus). The first antibiotic wasn’t strong enough. Had to go into the hospital for IV antiobiotic (IVs are nasty nasty things) and I had an allergic reaction to that — in hospital for 7 days total. Laid out, had to have my leg elevated for most of 24/7 for THREE months. Infections are serious and those bad bugs are everywhere. Become a germaphobe and wash and antiseptic wipe all the time, people.

By: Terry Odell

Terry Odell — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:31:40 +0000

Filing was my most dreaded job when I was working (still is, but it’s not as bad when it’s MY stuff I’m filing) for exactly the reason you mention. It’s the cuts that snag the cuticle that bug me, although an under-the-nail would be miserable too. And putting on rubber gloves to do the filing would be going too far.

But complaining ranks right up there with “I stubbed my pinky toe.”

And good reminder about how to deal with the analogous paper cuts of life.

By: Jill James

Jill James — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:08:31 +0000

Sorry to hear about the paper cuts. My dad was a paper cutter for a living. In case you don’t know paper things (post cards, posters, etc) come in big like 6′ x 6′ sheets and have to be cut into individual things. It is probably all electronic now but in my dad’s day you had to do all the math calculations yourself.

He would come home with hundreds of paper cuts up and down his entire arms. He couldn’t wear long sleeves or they would have been shredded by the end of the shift, so his arms got cut instead.

By: S. J. Day

S. J. Day — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:33:30 +0000

They do hurt! Especially under the nail. ((hugs))

I’m kind of weird in that there are times when I like filing stuff. The repetitiveness and the time to shut off the creative part of my brain is like a mini-vacation. I wouldn’t want to do it every day or even on a schedule, but every once in a while, I’ll go looking for stacks of something to file…

By: Cassie

Cassie — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:21:59 +0000

Hope yours heal quick.

I’m a bookseller and not a day goes by when someone doesn’t get a papercut. One time I had three. Two on my right hand and one on my left. Guess which hand I use the most. Yeah. Not so good times.

By: Silver James

Silver James — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:03:14 +0000

I hate paper cuts! Hope yours heals cleanly and soon, Nat.

The key to dealing with those nasty papercuts–almost invisible wounds–is to keep them clean. Cover them up when you are working with dirty materials, but give them air to breathe when the environment is safe. Whatever you do, don’t let them fester and abcess. The pain will eventually ease. The wound will close. No visible signs will remain. And no one will ever even know you were hurt.

Papercuts. Interesting metaphor for life and the stuff that happens in it.

By: Barbie

Barbie — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:09:52 +0000

I haven’t got a paper cut this year, I’m pretty sure. They are nasty, I never really understood why.

I loved drawing blood as a kid, I’d watch the blood get out of my body and into the tube, while my mom felt sick in the next room. I always liked blood. But paper cuts are horrible.

By: HollyD

HollyD — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:03:28 +0000

Kid #4 is fighting a staph infection right now. She got a little cut, didn’t tell me and now here we are w/ 2 antibiotics.

I hope your papercuts heal fast.