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Another reviewer for our site cut her hand badly last year with a pair I’d secateurs. I bought the exact same model secateur over the weekend since I’m doing a lot of gardening right now. Your story almost makes me too paranoid to use them!

Now there's a tool you definitely don't want to hurt yourself with! I'm glad my experience-based paranoia came across. I hope it only makes you paranoid enough to wear good gloves and be careful! And I hope your co-writer healed up well. It's such a hassle to have to type around a hand injury like that!

Somehow she managed to cut a chunk out of the palm of her hand, not a finger. Was holding plants she was cutting and got herself. It was last year so she’s fine now. But it looked painful. I’ve been neglecting the garden for years. She recommended the Felco 2 which is what cut her. I did get good gloves.

"A cold, tingling sensation came over me. My vision started closing in." I think you're lucky your focus on getting to the clinic meant you didn’t experince this whilst driving. I felt this sensation the first time I donated blood and the nurses were concerned about me cycling home after, since they warned me the feeling could return. The reality was I recovered quickly and got home fine...

...I focused more on my breathing when donating blood the next time and I was fine. I hope your hand heals well!

Thanks Brian! I hadn't even thought about how lucky it was that the wooziness hadn't set in until I got there. As much as this was a lesson in knife safety, it was also a lesson in the importance of maintaining composure and continuing to breathe despite being super freaked out!