Prayer sent from south Jersey that you'll heal and overcome this injury, and adapt so you can continue to do the things you enjoy. When I was a teenager, I used to cut firewood with one of those saws running off an old Ford 8N. Always scared me.
This is a video I posted several years ago of my setup. After watching it just now it gave me chills watching how I handled the final cut of wood. Since then I have been much more careful but like I said even then accidents happen
That's a lot like the set-up I used on the farm, minus the guard! In the winter months I'd take it out into the woods and cut firewood for the sweet potato hot-beds. Scary stuff for a 16 year old. Wonder what OSHA would've said? Hope your healing process is coming along.