A little over two weeks ago, I sliced off a piece of my right index finger on the meat slicer at the store ... I required a trip to the emergency room and for it to be cauterized with silver nitrate, and since then lot of guaze, polysporn, bandaids, empsome salts and so on. It seems to be healing well, the chemical scab has fallen off, and while the wound is still open and oozy, it's a much smaller wound than it was and you can see the healing happening all around it.
I have adapted quickly, altering how I use things and do things - and even started typing without using my right index finger (aka the Y-U-H-J-N-M pusher) ... however I am now trying to start using it a little more for anything that doesnt hurt too much, which is hard because I have already formed new habits.
I hope it keeps healing quickly and before long, I am able to do most everything again. Fingers crossed ; )