jrandom's bionic thumb - not for the squeamish!

[jrandom]

Monday afternoon rolled around, and it was time to undergo a few repairs following last week's bin.

Being the curious bastard that I am, I smuggled a digital camera into the operating theatre and talked the surgical team into recording my smashed-up digit in all its flayed-open glory, before and after being screwed full of titanium.

They knocked me out with a grin on my face, and I woke up with the camera tucked into the front pocket of my hospital gown. Results attached.

My thanks to the Counties Manukau DHB plastic surgery team - you guys rock!

Try not to highside, boys and girls - it'll fuck you up.

The pictures almost make it worthwhile, though...

[Grub]

Cool stuff ... that was a cool idea. Interesting looking on the insides.

And yup, highsides hurt

[kiwifruit]

great photos!

[merv]

Try not to highside, boys and girls - it'll fuck you up.


Yeah what did you want to crash for anyway, just to get these pics?

[Nasty]

Not in any way for the squimy ... ok they are good pics .. but I was on the phone to grub and he know i had opened them ... hehehe

[Hitcher]

How do we know that that's really your hand and not that of some Asian dude?

[Macktheknife]

Cool pics mate, always wanted to have pics of my ops done too, hope it heals well for you mate.

[jrandom]

How do we know that that's really your hand and not that of some Asian dude?

Asian dudes have long fingernails to show that they don't do manual labour.

(Apparently, they also work great for arse-scratching and as coke spoons.)

[LilSel]

How do we know that that's really your hand and not that of some Asian dude?

LOL.... I think its yellow from the betadine like antiseptic stuff...

Cool pics... but Owwwwie!! hope it heals up soon jrandom!!:sunny:

[Paul in NZ]

Welcome to the fucked up thumb club... Mines been terrifing small children for decades. Mine was a lowside on unseen gravel in the middle of the night (1955 BSA 6V electrics don't throw great gobs of white light) and I also cut all the tendons in the hand. Mine looked a bit like that just after the accident and was pumpin' the red juice summit fierce...

[rudolph]

Cool, dose it work now?

I wish I had photos of the time I had skin skin graphs on my hand

[jrandom]

Cool, dose it work now?

Not yet. I'm back in a cast for the next few weeks.

[Keystone19]

Cool piccies Dan - can I pilfer them for teaching purposes?

[Krayy]

Can we change this thread to a caption competition?????

"This'll screw up the yanks and their metal detectors...."

[Colapop]

Those are outstanding pictures! Stuff having an accident to get them, well done ... I think...?

[jrandom]

Cool piccies Dan - can I pilfer them for teaching purposes?

Go for it. Do you want the hi-res versions?

[BuFfY]

I had a quick glimpse! Then quickly scrolled down!
Should I see if they will do the same for me today?

[jrandom]

Should I see if they will do the same for me today?

I'd be a bit worried about what they'd have to do to get a good camera angle...

[janno]

I'm impressed. You did a very thorough and competent job on that bone. Just wanted a bit of sympathy and attention, did we? :innocent:

I like the camera in the operation scenario. I'll try that for my next one!

[phantom]

I would have loved to see photos of my heart bypass after reading about the complexities while the surgeon was so blase (sp ? ). Even a photo of all the tubes etc after the op would have been cool. I don't remember any of that, isn't morphine wonderful ?

[ManDownUnder]

LOL... Jesus Dan, I'm impressed mate. You not only stuff yourself up - you want a measure of exactly how stuffed up you are!

Impressive stuff. And now - to rub it in - some thumbs that work properly...

:niceone: :niceone: :niceone: :niceone: :niceone:

[rwh]

Interesting - they fixed you up with a bathplug chain?

I've never figured out how they manage to cut you open like that without blood going everywhere.

It looks like a horrible job though - patching all the bits back together with no real option of ordering spare parts to replace the worse ones, and without being able to pull bits out and stick them on the bench or in the vice while you work on them. At least the body does a large chunk of its own repairs.

Richard

[Paul in NZ]

At least one of these pictures should make the KB calender this year i reckon!!

Enter the buggers - I'd vote for it!

[Hitcher]

The Bionic Dan. We can rebuild him, one digit at a time.

[jrandom]

At least one of these pictures should make the KB calender this year i reckon!!

That'd be totally awesome, but I strongly suspect that the calendar's designers won't want to raise an uproar by turning the stomachs of a large portion of their target audience...

I'll send one through, though. You never know. Heh.

[sAsLEX]

Reminds me of the Titanium I have in my jaw. Its weird being able to feel the bolts and steel.....

[crashe]

Awwww choice pictures........ in all its glory...... good one :yes::yes:

A good wee reminder to you, to not highside again. :yes:

[vifferman]

"This'll screw up the yanks and their metal detectors...."
Good idea, except metal detectors are skewed towards ferrous metals. My watch is mostly titanium, and doesn't register at all, whereas one of my belt buckles has a far smaller amount of metal in it and sets the detector off easily.
Obviously, terrorists use only primitive weapons...

Seriously, the 'security measures' at airports are designed more to reassure passengers that air travel is safe than to make it safe. A non-amateur terrorist with a few clues could easily circumvent the measures in place.
I have a sneaking suspicion that some of the latest stuff being promulgated is the airlines moving to the point where carry-on luggage is eliminated, and (ultimately) luggage will be charges as freight (i.e., per kilogram). With the rising fuel costs, airlines are becoming very aware that they're carrying an awful lot of passengers' crap that they're not getting revenue for.

Sorry - WAY off topic. My bad...

Anyway Dr. Dan - hope your thumb heals well. If you try anything like this again, we'll kick your arse (or hire someone to do it...)

[WRT]

Asian dudes have long fingernails to show that they don't do manual labour.

(Apparently, they also work great for arse-scratching and as coke spoons.)

I hope they use different fingers for each of those tasks.

[Swoop]

So you have been "digitally remastered"??

[Brian d marge]

How do we know that that's really your hand and not that of some Asian dude?

agreed ,, looks far to delicate for a big hairy biker

I waswondering how you obtained the photos ,, good call on getting the staff to take the pics

Stephen

[vifferman]

good call on getting the staff to take the pics

Now he can post them on the Interdweeb, on NoobTube or whatever, and become a famous dumbarse.
Oh... wait... he's already posted them on the Interdweeb...:blink:










So - are you famous yet?!?

[Brian d marge]

So - are you famous yet?!?


Im a legend in my own Bathroom

Stephen

[EroSamnin]

mmmm meaty. Might go up to mad butcher and get some steak!

[Lias]

What really disturbs me about this thread is that I thought I was immune to gross stuff on the internet.. Rotten.com? read it while I'm eating breakfast.. I've seen the beheading videos, seen dismembered corpses, seen people shot in the head with a .50, seen the video showing a cat going from alive to served on a plate.. None of it ever really phased me..

These pics however made me slightly squeamish.. I guess its the whole "it could happen to me" thing.

[Laava]

MAAAATE that was a cool idea!!!:sunny:
Anyone interested in seeing my colonoscopy can go to www.camupmybutt.ass :sunny:
Not to be confused with KB Arses.sick.perv

[ManDownUnder]

These pics however made me slightly squeamish.. I guess its the whole "it could happen to me" thing.


LOL yeah did for me first time up... but 2nd and 3rd time they kinda became interesting...

[007XX]

LOL yeah did for me first time up... but 2nd and 3rd time they kinda became interesting...

Bah, squeemish...That was awesome!!!:Punk:

Try seeing pics of yourself with the whole roof of your mouth unstuck for the dentist to find on eof your teeth...and you're awake at the time: now THAT is interesting.

Dan, well done...good post mate! Hope you get better soon.

[Freakshow]

Well done I want one!

[tri boy]

Lucky you didn't need groin surgery,:laugh:, or are you a bit of a show off.:shutup:

[deanohit]

Cool pics man. will have to remember to take my camera if I ever get an op. When I almost chopped my thumb off with a piece of roofing iron, while washing the blood out, I thought 'jeez that looks like pork'.=)

[riffer]

You know I was thinking the same thing - "Wow, jrandom's made of meat..."

[Black Bandit]

Ouchie!

That's why I don't want to go to the quack - they can't wait to start sticking sharp bits into you!:yes: But then again, it looks like it was necessary!

That's seriously messed up man - glad I only have a sprained thumb, just need to to get rid of the "gangsta" walk.

Heal soon. You on good pain killers? :rockon:

[MacD]

Great photos! You did go to an awful lot of effort though to trump Mr Skid's screw in the ankle pics ;)

[jrandom]

You did go to an awful lot of effort though to trump Mr Skid's screw in the ankle pics ;)

Oh, you wouldn't believe the lengths I'd go to to trump Mr Skid.

The bastard.

[Curious_AJ]

omg, awesome... insides are always fun ^_^
especially when you get to dive elbow-deep into surgery!!

all the squishy things inside... and the blood... and the things that squirt!!

[jrandom]

omg, awesome... elbow-deep... squishy things inside... and the things that squirt!!

I think this could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

[Curious_AJ]

;) you know it! (nice editing by the way)

[Ms Piggy]

Oooooo, ahhhhhh, eewwwwww!!! Cripes mate! Hope you're okay. Didn't know about your bin cos I haven't been lurking around lately.

[Virago]

Better. Stronger. Faster.

We can rebuild him...

Awesome photos - glad it's not me!:gob:

[BigRed2007]

man i should take some pics of my knee :P

[fuck man blooyd roads + cages

[NotaGoth]

I'm sure that will hurt for a long time... So now.. If you come up north.. Whenever you start to annoy me.. I'll just grab your thumb...:innocent:

[boomer]

How do we know that that's really your hand and not that of some Asian dude?

if i could i'd bling ya ..

[McDuck]

I love the pics, made lunch tast that little bit better... lol

[RC1]

sweet pics bit where is the squeamish bit??

[McDuck]

I dont know.

[McDuck]

Some girls did not like it (and some did :gob:)

[kiwifruit]

hows the thumb?

[Matt Bleck]

hows the thumb?
I hear he's under the thumb now.....

[Colapop]

He stuck in his thumb....

[skidMark]

well at least now i know where to look when i'm hungry and cannot afford dinner.

appetite gone indeed.

[deanohit]

Damn, thats still cool!

Got a good scar on my thumb after a piece of roofing iron fell on it and made a good slice. It was cool opening it up and looking at what happens in there while my girlfriend at the time was almost fainting from the blood. :laugh:

[jrandom]

He stuck in his thumb....

Isn't that what little boys are supposed to do when there's a crack in the dyke and it's leaking?

[kiwifruit]

I hear he's under the thumb now.....

na,
i let him do pretty much anything within reason