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Man chops off his own hand with a homemade guillotineā€¦ and is now threatening to amputate his arm
Metro [UK] ^ | 28 Mar 2014 | Evan Bartlett

Posted on 03/28/2014 10:10:20 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows

A man cut his own hand off with a homemade guillotine after enduring years of excruciating nerve pain.

Mark Goddard built the contraption using an axe, some springs and an old gate post. The 44-year-old claimed he resorted to such drastic action because hospital staff had refused to treat the pains he suffered for over 16 years following a motorcycle crash.

‘I should not have to go to such extremes to get my pain stopped. There was an alternative – and that was having it done properly in hospital,’ he explained.

Unfortunately for the man from Newton Abbot in Devon, the homemade device only partially severed his wrist and he had to finish off the job with a knife.

He then threw the hand onto a bonfire in his garden so that surgeons could not sew it back on.

‘There should never have been any need for me to do this. It would have spared so much distress all round – but it was the only way. At least it will give me and my family our lives back,’ he added.

Mr Goddard’s pains still continue and he has threatened the NHS with a deadline for treatment otherwise he will chop his arm off at the elbow.

After being rushed to hospital, it was estimated that the former mechanic lost two pints of blood.

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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To: Slings and Arrows

Give the guy a hand for his ingenuity?


101 posted on 03/29/2014 6:38:27 AM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: Slings and Arrows


102 posted on 03/29/2014 6:45:43 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: moose07
Whale Barf is worth a fortune, it’s used in the perfume industry ,no idea what for mind.

It's a fixative. Ambergris absorbs the scent and slowly releases it over time.

103 posted on 03/29/2014 7:21:13 AM PDT by null and void ( Everything evil in the world may not be Islamic but everything Islamic is evil.)
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To: null and void

Thanks, Nully.
The all pervasive smell of huey , makes sense. :)


104 posted on 03/29/2014 7:26:11 AM PDT by moose07 (the truth will out ,one day.)
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To: PastorBooks

My God, What Knockers!


105 posted on 03/29/2014 9:45:18 AM PDT by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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To: ronnie raygun

> Who is he threatening? do it!

Sheesh, poke him with a stick while you’re at it.


106 posted on 03/29/2014 11:26:52 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Richard Warman censors free speech.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Better design, I’m guessing.


107 posted on 03/29/2014 11:28:06 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Richard Warman censors free speech.)
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To: mountn man

Dunno. Count the stumps.


108 posted on 03/29/2014 11:28:45 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Richard Warman censors free speech.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Good thing he didn’t have jock itch....


109 posted on 03/29/2014 11:42:30 AM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: Organic Panic

"You don't know the half of it, lad."

110 posted on 03/29/2014 12:35:39 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Richard Warman censors free speech.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Could this be...

The Undead Thread: Chopped Off

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1868081/replies?c=1514


111 posted on 03/29/2014 1:15:36 PM PDT by PastorBooks
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To: LucyT

That would make it tough to hold the camera to teach the class.


112 posted on 03/29/2014 1:20:24 PM PDT by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Better yet, the Tulsa guy had hands and feet bound. Houdini had nothing on that guy.

Maybe his last words were “Watch this ya’ll. !!!!”


113 posted on 03/29/2014 1:36:57 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Well, I’m impressed!


114 posted on 03/29/2014 2:09:50 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Richard Warman censors free speech.)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

There is a painful disease from which I suffer, called “Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy” which is also known as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.
What happens basically is very similar to phantom pain that a troop might have should she/he lose a limb.

Sometimes it’s so bad, you’ll do ANYTHING to get away from the pain, but amputation is NOT the answer because you may trigger that phantom pain, and you are basically right back where you began.
What happens basically is very similar to phantom pain that a troop might have should she/he lose a limb.

For some reason, the brain can’t snap out of the “hurt mode” and hence sends pain signals repeatedly, even though the injury has been healed.

In some folks, it flares once and goes away, in others it never lets up.
In my case it stems from an old, but severe knee injury.
For me it never let’s up, but there is medication that can help with the pain.

For further reading, please start here:
http://www.medicinenet.com/reflex_sympathetic_dystrophy_syndrome/article.ht

Anyone suffering from chronic pain who wants to chat in Freepmail, please feel free to drop me a line.

I told my Doc that the greatest thing he can do is LISTEN to what people are telling you about pain.
We want to be believed!


115 posted on 03/29/2014 3:45:08 PM PDT by MS.BEHAVIN (Women who behave rarely make history)
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