Ok, this is ODD, a couple days ago, I was farting around with my new (to me) osciliscope (Telequipment D61 10 MHZ). Anyways, my dumb ass having consumed a considerable ammount of whiskey, reached around the back of the CRT in an effort to reposition the CRT in it's mount WHILE IT WAS ON, and ZAP!!!! I got about a 1/2" long arc to my left index finger. It was enough juice to BURN my skin, leaving the burnt hair like smell behind, and a small black spot on my finger about the size of this o. It was numb and tingly for about an hour after, but when it recovered, I noticed something interesting!
The deal with my left index finger is another story of stupidity. I was 14 years old, and I was trying to get a power plug to fit in the back of a frind's CD player so we could listen to some tunes. It was one of those 2 pin jobbies with the notches in the middle, square on one side, rounded on the other. I found a similar cord, but it didn't have notches, or a rounded side. So, I went to work with a very sharp gerber pocket knife whittling some of the plastic off. I slipped, plunging the tip of the kinfe into my left index finger leaving an L shaped cut about 1/2" on each side, revealing the BONE under the resulting flap of skin! Then there was too much blood to see the bone anymore. I kinda stood there wondering why it didn't hurt! Then I scrambled to get something to keep the blood off the carpet. Next, I called my parents to take me to the hospital . Long term results of this were a small scar, and no feeling on the outside half of the finger past the cut. Must have severed a nerve.
Anyways, the point to all this is that finger has been unable to feel anything on that side past the cut for 15 years. After the shock, I regained SOME feeling. It's kinda like when your foot is asleep, that tingly feeling, and when you touch something it tingles more. That's the best way I can explain it, it's still not right, but there's definitely some sensation where there wasn't ANY before. Anybody ever hear of something like this???
The deal with my left index finger is another story of stupidity. I was 14 years old, and I was trying to get a power plug to fit in the back of a frind's CD player so we could listen to some tunes. It was one of those 2 pin jobbies with the notches in the middle, square on one side, rounded on the other. I found a similar cord, but it didn't have notches, or a rounded side. So, I went to work with a very sharp gerber pocket knife whittling some of the plastic off. I slipped, plunging the tip of the kinfe into my left index finger leaving an L shaped cut about 1/2" on each side, revealing the BONE under the resulting flap of skin! Then there was too much blood to see the bone anymore. I kinda stood there wondering why it didn't hurt! Then I scrambled to get something to keep the blood off the carpet. Next, I called my parents to take me to the hospital . Long term results of this were a small scar, and no feeling on the outside half of the finger past the cut. Must have severed a nerve.
Anyways, the point to all this is that finger has been unable to feel anything on that side past the cut for 15 years. After the shock, I regained SOME feeling. It's kinda like when your foot is asleep, that tingly feeling, and when you touch something it tingles more. That's the best way I can explain it, it's still not right, but there's definitely some sensation where there wasn't ANY before. Anybody ever hear of something like this???