Ouch! Yes, that does look swollen!

ooh poor you.
the cucumbers I have grown this year have a very bristle skin. They need to be rubbed down with a cloth before trying to cut them up.

My cucumbers were smooth but it was the vine that got me, I have had a hell of a lot of male flowers that keep appearing all through the day, I keep having to weave my hands through the vine stems, I sure did buy a nasty piece of work with this one, I'll think before I buy next time, I think in the past I bought Telegraph seeds or plants :o))
I still can't bend my finger but its nice & wrinkle free LOL.
Oh! I can't win, I've stubbed my toe on the bath panel now & thats Black & Blue LOL that will teach me to wear something on my feet Dah!

oh poor you Ladyessex1 That is so unfair.

Cucumbers usually are slightly spiny and I don't like the bristly feel to the leaves etc.

I usaully go for a small cuc like Petita. But I 've grown a different one this year. Not that keen on it at all.

Hope you recover soon.

This might sound ridiculous but when I was small the solution to this sort of theing was a bread poultice - it seemed to draw out splinters so it should work for bristles

Thanks for the info Steragram x