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DIY surgery
Jul 14, 2016
13 Replies
Ouch. Do they really have to show an image of a scalpel, too? Eye-watering stuff.
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
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It happens in every 3rd world country.
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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.
Is he a better surgeon than a motorclyclist:-)?
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
En el artículo , ARW escribió:
El Reg's take on it:
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And for a more plausible DIY angle:
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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.
Of course that sort of reply needs further investigation:-)
Heather died of a drugs overdose in 2012
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But then I found this
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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)
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Now that's different! lol
A nice reminder that uk.d-i-y is not a "safe space" :)
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