jrandom's bionic thumb - not for the squeamish!

**jrandom** · 31st July 2007, 07:57

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** · 31st July 2007, 08:06

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

And yup, highsides hurt

**kiwifruit** · 31st July 2007, 08:07

great photos!

**merv** · 31st July 2007, 08:07

Originally Posted by jrandom

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** · 31st July 2007, 08:09

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** · 31st July 2007, 08:49

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

**Macktheknife** · 31st July 2007, 08:53

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

**jrandom** · 31st July 2007, 08:54

Originally Posted by Hitcher

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** · 31st July 2007, 08:56

Originally Posted by Hitcher

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!!

**Paul in NZ** · 31st July 2007, 08:58

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...