or actually, a finger.  Back.

About a year and a half ago, I stuck my left middle-finger into a very large piece of woodworking equipment and lopped off the left corner.  Very irritating, let me tell you.

Anyway, my body reconfigured the nerves at the end of the finger during the healing process and I lost the sensation at the very tip.  In case you've never thought about it, a touch-typist needs to feel their finger in order for them to know what key it is resting on and hitting while typing.

I used to type about a billion words a minute, but no more.

While my finger was on vacation, I trained my left index finger to do the work of the middle finger.  This was not exactly a smooth transition and it drives me crazy.  As an example, I type the last word in the previous sentence as follows: finged, figer, finget, finger.

This has reduced my typing to around a million words a minute.  Way too slow for my taste, and productivity.

I also have most of the sensation back in the tip of my finger so I guess this week I'll start retraining my hand to work as it did before.

Wish me luxk.  :)