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DIY Hand Amputation

Aye ive heard of that phantom limb before. Its almost as bad as that fella who pulled off his own toes on ross kemp extreme world glasgow. He did not build anything he just pulled off his rotten black toes and had one sitting in the living room.
 
Krisali said:
This happened to a colleague who had a client that was paraplegic. She had asked doctors to remove her leg as it was getting in her way and was just 'dead weight', she has no feeling or control over the leg. Doctors said she was out of her mind and refused to remove it. But she understood the risks around removing and made a concious rational decision to remove the leg herself. She failed of course, she got part way through the bone before phoning an ambulance. The doctors had to amputate then.

Of course medical professionals and psychologists wanted my colleague to section the lady under the mental health act. Thing is she really wasnt 'mad'. Like this gentleman proves sometimes you have to take things into your own hands :)
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Well, extreme behaviour, but the logic is sound. I've had chronic, debilitating pain in my ankle and considered asking them to take it off. Of course, they'd never have agreed, correctly so, as eventually it became manageable. But constant, strong pain does things to you...
 
Edrof said:
Well, extreme behaviour, but the logic is sound. I've had chronic, debilitating pain in my ankle and considered asking them to take it off. Of course, they'd never have agreed, correctly so, as eventually it became manageable. But constant, strong pain does things to you...
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Yer I know, I suffer periodically from cluster headaches. Now that is pain like you never thought was possible.
Only way I can discribe is a pick axe through your eye socket into your brain. :( And they can take you down no problem and mine can last from 30min to 4 hours, by then you wanna chop your head off never mind an arm. :eek:

Luckly enough I have been in remission for 3 years and hope they never come back! ;)
 
I can't empathise completely, but I understand unending pain can be soul destroying, only something those who've been through can really feel for him. Seriously years? I....ugh, some people off themselves over stuff that doesn't get sorted.
 
Krisali said:
Ranulph Fiennes chopped his own fingers off with a saw blade after they were ravaged with frostbite but this is.... wow. Grim :confused:
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He was a bit more restrained than that suggests. He cut off the bits that were going to be amputated anyway.
 
I guess his left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing now, as its buried in the garden. Does this work?

A bird in the hand is now in a bush ?

5 fingered discount ?

He has changed career and is now a handy man ?

Hand today gone tomorrow ?
 
Apparently he is a big fan of the fairy tails by Hans Christian Anderson and does a tribute act writing stories under the name Hands Christian Anderson and had just taken a delivery of business cards. He had to order a new run so he doesn't get done under the trades description act.

Laboured I know :D
 
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