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From: Androcles on 16 Jan 2010 20:32 "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message news:4B5266A5.C29D3EF6(a)earthlink.net... > > Androcles wrote: >> >> I was fully conscious, just in agony. Doc asked me if it was the worst >> pain I'd ever experienced.... I said no, I had a shattered ankle with >> bone >> protruding in 2002 and a nurse immobilised it, but it came a close >> second. > > > I sat through almost three full hours of Oral Surgery without any > painkiller, while in the US Army. The surgeon wanted to know how I kept > from passing out. > Eventually the morphine put me to sleep, but I don't believe it does anything for real pain.
From: Michael A. Terrell on 16 Jan 2010 21:12 Androcles wrote: > > "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message > news:4B5266A5.C29D3EF6(a)earthlink.net... > > > > Androcles wrote: > >> > >> I was fully conscious, just in agony. Doc asked me if it was the worst > >> pain I'd ever experienced.... I said no, I had a shattered ankle with > >> bone > >> protruding in 2002 and a nurse immobilised it, but it came a close > >> second. > > > > > > I sat through almost three full hours of Oral Surgery without any > > painkiller, while in the US Army. The surgeon wanted to know how I kept > > from passing out. > > > Eventually the morphine put me to sleep, but I don't believe it does > anything for real pain. This was emergencty surgery at a small, out of the way army post with few tools and no supplies other than rubbing alcahol & q-tips. -- Greed is the root of all eBay.
From: Androcles on 16 Jan 2010 21:27 "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message news:4B527204.7DC6C0F1(a)earthlink.net... > > Androcles wrote: >> >> "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message >> news:4B5266A5.C29D3EF6(a)earthlink.net... >> > >> > Androcles wrote: >> >> >> >> I was fully conscious, just in agony. Doc asked me if it was the worst >> >> pain I'd ever experienced.... I said no, I had a shattered ankle with >> >> bone >> >> protruding in 2002 and a nurse immobilised it, but it came a close >> >> second. >> > >> > >> > I sat through almost three full hours of Oral Surgery without any >> > painkiller, while in the US Army. The surgeon wanted to know how I >> > kept >> > from passing out. >> > >> Eventually the morphine put me to sleep, but I don't believe it does >> anything for real pain. > > > This was emergencty surgery at a small, out of the way army post with > few tools and no supplies other than rubbing alcahol & q-tips. Pipe wrenches can be useful for extractions if you have the right type http://www.faqs.org/photo-dict/photofiles/list/1347/1849pipe_wrench.jpg
From: Javi on 16 Jan 2010 23:51 RichD wrote: > is it possible to design a subcutaneous x ray? > A surgeon might want to see a depth just below > where he intends to cut. Where would you put the detector? The x-ray should pass throught the body anyway and they would be absorbed. You might use a CT scan, but resolution isn't enough to work at fractions of mm, as you'd require for a subcutaneous surgery. > > The point is, I thought only bones are opaque to x rays. All tissues absorbe x-ray. Bones absorbe the most. > > > -- > Rich
From: Michael A. Terrell on 17 Jan 2010 01:18
Androcles wrote: > > "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message > news:4B527204.7DC6C0F1(a)earthlink.net... > > > > Androcles wrote: > >> > >> "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message > >> news:4B5266A5.C29D3EF6(a)earthlink.net... > >> > > >> > Androcles wrote: > >> >> > >> >> I was fully conscious, just in agony. Doc asked me if it was the worst > >> >> pain I'd ever experienced.... I said no, I had a shattered ankle with > >> >> bone > >> >> protruding in 2002 and a nurse immobilised it, but it came a close > >> >> second. > >> > > >> > > >> > I sat through almost three full hours of Oral Surgery without any > >> > painkiller, while in the US Army. The surgeon wanted to know how I > >> > kept > >> > from passing out. > >> > > >> Eventually the morphine put me to sleep, but I don't believe it does > >> anything for real pain. > > > > > > This was emergencty surgery at a small, out of the way army post with > > few tools and no supplies other than rubbing alcahol & q-tips. > > Pipe wrenches can be useful for extractions if you have the right type > http://www.faqs.org/photo-dict/photofiles/list/1347/1849pipe_wrench.jpg I've had a dentist ask if he could use a blasting cap, after fighting a tooth for over an hour and still not being able to get it out. :( -- Greed is the root of all eBay. |