Oh yes, the finger.

[quarterly]

My left pointer finger is still numb. A week ago, it was painful to brush against anything. Now, it's a delightfully strange sensation that's also a little unsettling. The dead skin just fell off, as did the scab. The exposed skin is pink and fresh, sitting right in the middle of a large lump of scar tissue that has already formed under the skin. Tapping my fingernail against my desktop, I can feel the pressure of hitting the wood only halfway down my fingernail...then it abruptly stops, and the remained of my finger tingles madly.

I wonder if it will be this way forever.