DIY surgery

[ARW]

Only in Oz

[Dan S. MacAbre]

Ouch. Do they really have to show an image of a scalpel, too? Eye-watering stuff.

[Robin]

Sorry to be picky but I don't count it as DIY when the bloke got someone else to do the op. IMHO real DIY surgery is summat like

[tabbypurr]

It happens in every 3rd world country.

NT

[harry]

[Nightjar]

When my partner's brother-in-law, who was a surgeon, broke his kneecap in a motorcycling accident, he operated on it himself, as he didn't trust anybody else to do it.

[ARW]

Is he a better surgeon than a motorclyclist:-)?

[jrwalliker]

My uncle in Australia removed a melanoma from his eyelid himself.

When he subsequently visited a "pro" he was told that he had actually done quite a good job, but I think it needed a little tidying up.

John

[Mike Tomlinson]

En el artículo , ARW escribió:

El Reg's take on it:

[John Rumm]

And for a more plausible DIY angle:

[Mike Tomlinson]

En el artículo , John Rumm escribió:

I bet every single male reading that winced and metaphorically crossed his legs! Silver lining - at least he didn't fall off and was suspended by said testicle.

Australians, eh.

[ARW]

Of course that sort of reply needs further investigation:-)

Heather died of a drugs overdose in 2012

But then I found this

which has the following quote in it (most of it is a bit queasy)

"I had a cough, so I was a bit like a whale ? every time I coughed, some fluid would come out of the hole in my head."

And finally a bit of a video (I think that it is Heather)

[pamela]

Now that's different! lol

[Robin]

A nice reminder that uk.d-i-y is not a "safe space" :)