[Slings and Arrows]

So, libs, how's that nationalized health care sounding?

[Slings and Arrows]

Mr Goddard was anxious to stress that he had undergone several psychiatric examinations since his difficulties started – and had always been given a clean bill of health.

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[Slings and Arrows]

P.S. Pix of arm and guillotine at link - you’ve been warned.

[House Atreides]

I feel sorry for this victim of socialized medicine. Unfortunately for him, he is likely unaware of the existance of “phantom” pain seemingly felt in no longer existing limbs.

[RegulatorCountry]

Mr Goddard was anxious to stress that he had undergone several psychiatric examinations since his difficulties started – and had always been given a clean bill of health.

Well that's a relief. He's officially not nuts for chopping off his own hand with a homemade guillotine.

[Still Thinking]

I think they should play chicken with the guy and see what he threatens to do after cutting off his arm.

Could be a real life reenactment of the Monty Python “Tis but a flesh wound” scene.

[lee martell]

Terrible. As a fellow human being, I feel great sympathy for him. I have known pain from tendonitis in the ankles and from arthritis, but nothing in the realm of what he has suffered. I would not be pleasant to be around if I hurt as he described.
If he had a verifiable online fund toward getting treatment in America, I would consider giving, and I usually do not give to charity.

[Bullish]

Did he have a band-aide handy?

[dalereed]

Maybe he should chop off both his arms to make sure his design is good.

After that his head would be the ultimate test!

[Secret Agent Man]

they could have given him non-drug, laser therapy for the pain. still could. it works for this kind of pain.

[RichInOC]

“Throw ya hands in the air, and catch them like ya just don’t care!...”

[zeestephen]

If he lived in America, he could have bought Medical Marijuana with his ObamaCare policy.

[ansel12]

Didn’t the brother of the pot grower and pusher, Erik Rudolph, do that with a table saw?

[353FMG]

He could’ve suffered of carpal tunnel syndrome, a very painful nerve illness.

Here in Houston we have a “Hand Center” where they surgically treat this disease. It is a relatively simple type of surgery. Takes approximately one hour and patient goes home after surgery.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Hey it could have been worse!

[bramps]

Guy’s really willing to go out on a limb.

[bramps]

I’m outta jokes, could someone give me a hand?

[exDemMom]

There is a particular kind of mental illness that makes people want to discard a limb, no matter how painful the amputation is. There are some physicians willing to do the amputation, as long as they are paid. And then, there are those who want their genitals mutilated.

It is indicative of how far medical science has to go, that we do not know how to cure these people without mutilation.

[Darksheare]

“Give that man a hand!”

“Stand up Joe!”

Nerve pain, nerve damage due to the accident.
Solution: burn out the nerve.
Seen it done.

[FredZarguna]

Strange... that tactic works in the movies ...

[BerryDingle]

If he thinks for a moment that people feel he’s normal, he doesn’t have a leg to stand on.