Ouch!A friend was once given a biopsy by a sleep-deprived junior doctor.
They needed a sample of his colon, so inserted the long bendy jaws-on-the-end thingy, located the suspect area and... he shot through the ceiling. Doctor had forgotten to administer any anaesthetic.
What was your ouchiest moment?
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chthonic, Thu 29 Jul 2010, 17:29)
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spondylolisthesisI had something called spondylolisthesis (try pronouncing that after a few pints). Unbelievable leg pain as a result, couldn’t walk more than 100ft or so without having to stop to rest. Utter AGONY. The pain couldn’t have been worse if I had cut my leg off with a blunt knife. You get a lot of strange looks walking down the street with tears in your eyes stopping every minute or 2 to let the pain fade.
To cure this I had three vertebrae fused together in my lower back and titanium rods & bolts inserted to hold it all. 10 days in hospital (including 4 in intensive care) and I had to be helped to teach my body how to walk again. Lovely intravenous morphine though & three months off work on full pay to recover. The op worked & I no longer get the pain.
Cool scar too – 50 staples left my back look like it had a zip on it
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lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Fri 30 Jul 2010, 8:45,
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fair play to youhope all is well now
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Finite "Aardvark sorted out my shit!" on, Fri 30 Jul 2010, 8:49,
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priceheck of a price to pay but I bet that zip looks cool!
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