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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You're ToastMy Dad the DIY God (as mentioned in previous posts) was fixing the toaster. He had to go out, leaving the project half completed. DIY-God-Junior (a young me) decided to have a poke around myself.
Unfortunately, in an uncharacteristic fit of carelessness, he'd left the toaster plugged in. A fact that I discovered when I managed to complete the circuit with my fingers. One finger on each hand, in fact. Which meant that the 240V mains current went up one arm, across my chest, then down the other. Yes, right across my heart.
I remember feeling like my shoulders had exploded, then the next thing I knew I was slumped in a corner, clear across on the other side of the room, vibrating at 50Hz and aching all over. Very painful, and very scary - and it gets scarier every time I think about it, since that's an effective way to stop your heart...
Don't do that.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:47, Reply)
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