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Discussion in 'Random Thoughts' started by logicalway, Jul 18, 2004.

  1. shaggie

    shaggie Senior Member

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    Most BBs are steel and attracted to a magnet. A doctor likely could have inserted a magnetic tool through a pinhole incision and removed it with little surgery.
     
  2. logicalway

    logicalway Hip Forums Supporter HipForums Supporter

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    Yes this method was discussed pre surgery. I even have some Neodymium magnets at my house that would be strong enough. The problem was that the BB was in my foot so long that a large amount of scar tissue had built up around it. The BB + tissue was about the size of a small marble. All of the scar tissue was attached to my foot meat, so the magnet couldn't have pulled out the entire mass without ripping lots of foot meat with it. A large cut was needed no matter what.
     
  3. shaggie

    shaggie Senior Member

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    With the right equipment (ultrasound or x-ray), the bb could be located and a deep narrow incision could be made. That would have left the scar tissue behind though.

    Anyhow, hope your foot is doing alright.

    In a somewhat related matter, on TV I saw the woman who was injured in the blast outside a family planning clinic down south believed to have been done by Eric Rudolph. She has bb size metal pieces in her arms and face from the bomb. She took a magnet and passed it over her arm. You could see all the little pieces of embedded metal pulling her skin up as the magnet passed by. Terrible. The officer who looked into the bag containing the bomb was killed.
     
  4. logicalway

    logicalway Hip Forums Supporter HipForums Supporter

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  5. Willy_Wonka_27

    Willy_Wonka_27 Surrender to the Flow

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    ummmmmm....did it hurt?
     
  6. logicalway

    logicalway Hip Forums Supporter HipForums Supporter

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    There was a slight tickling...
     
  7. Willy_Wonka_27

    Willy_Wonka_27 Surrender to the Flow

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    how far was it in there
     
  8. logicalway

    logicalway Hip Forums Supporter HipForums Supporter

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    It was nestled against the bone, surrounded by about a 1/4" of scar tissue on the skin side.
     
  9. Lodui

    Lodui One Man Orgy

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    Way to take it like a man. I hope you used lots of soap or some kinda disinfectant, that could get nasty...
     
  10. nightmarehippygirl

    nightmarehippygirl LEVI'S MOMMY

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    holy shit, that was gross. lol, i don't have a weak stomach generally, but that almost made me barf up my bagel.


    lol, the only thing my friends do when they get drunk is puke and pee their pants. i can't say that i have ever been approached to assist anyone with any sort of surgical procedure, while sober, much less drunk.

    well, congrats on a successful (if bizarre,) surgery.
     
  11. logicalway

    logicalway Hip Forums Supporter HipForums Supporter

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    Well i'm not sure if its successful yet. This bad boy is gonna take a while to heal.

    I peed my pants while drunk a few years back but only because I was too loaded to get my pecker out in time...hahahahaha

    Sorry about the almost barfing a bagel...
     
  12. moonshyne

    moonshyne Approved by the FDA

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    Show us this BB, please!! I'd like to see how something so small could get so huge (you said the size of a marble?)

    Those pictures are pretty gruesome, I don't understand why you never ended up passing out.
     
  13. missfontella

    missfontella Mama of Da Assassins

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    you operated....on yourself....at home....while drunk?


    *awards logicalway the Redneck of the year trophy*


    This award is presented on behalf of the Ass Backwards Corporation and What the fuck?!?! Association
     
  14. NODRAMAMAMA

    NODRAMAMAMA Member

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    YOU ARE THE MAN. even though this wasn't (in all honesty )the smartest thing to do, I congratulate you for having the guts(or just being drunk enuff) to do it. and I'm so glad that you didn't have to lose your foot/leg/life due to gangrene or any kind of massive infection or blood loss. .... and BTW kids, just say "NO" to drugs and alcohol!
     
  15. logicalway

    logicalway Hip Forums Supporter HipForums Supporter

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    I've got the BB in a small Horseradish jar in rubbing alcohol right now. It's still the same size, it was the scar tissue around it that was the size of a small marble. Passing out is for pussies.

    Yes us Jersey rednecks are a force to be reckon'd with. There are Pine Barren rednecks (Pineys) & Northwestern (Sussex County Folk) that are just like Pineys but educated. I'm Northwestern. haha

    And the Jack Daniels was for anestethic purposes only...not to get drunk! yee ha!

    Disclaimer: I still can't recommend anyone else doing this though...
     
  16. logicalway

    logicalway Hip Forums Supporter HipForums Supporter

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  17. Willy_Wonka_27

    Willy_Wonka_27 Surrender to the Flow

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    when do we get to see the video?
     
  18. logicalway

    logicalway Hip Forums Supporter HipForums Supporter

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    All I have so far is a 30 second sample that one of my co-surgeons snagged on his Sureshot. It's an AVI, 18 MB, and my server doesn't stream so you'll probably have to download the file first. For some reason the only player that'd work is Quicktime(probably because Canon uses a series jpeg instead of standard AVI, but thats not important). No Windows Media, no Winamp etc. The final will be on DVD of course @_@

    Anyway, if you listen to my voice you can tell the amount of Jack that was consumed because in no way do I normally sound that slurry & high pitched...my voice is much deeper and manly...heh heh

    There isn't any digging/cutting in this clip either.

    Either way, view at your own risk.

    Also, I think it was Ray Charles off of Netscape Radio in the background if anyone is curious...

    Clip
     
  19. logicalway

    logicalway Hip Forums Supporter HipForums Supporter

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    Forgot to mention, the full video is delayed because over an hour of DV tape just won't fit on my drive to edit... another co-surgeon has a spare 3-pack of 80 GB drives and I'm going to snag one to install in my system just to capture/edit the video...

    damn surgery videos.
     
  20. jesuswasamonkey

    jesuswasamonkey Slightly Tipsy

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    Wow!

    You get the prize! You are screamingtoast.com's Manly Man of the Month! (>click here<) Congratulations!

    If you would like, I would be happy to host your videos on my page, lemme know.

    Hope you're healing well.

    p.s. I just started the page, but there should be some content soon.
     
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