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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Give the guy a hand for his ingenuity?
It's a fixative. Ambergris absorbs the scent and slowly releases it over time.
Thanks, Nully.
The all pervasive smell of huey , makes sense. :)
My God, What Knockers!
> Who is he threatening? do it!
Sheesh, poke him with a stick while you’re at it.
Better design, I’m guessing.
Dunno. Count the stumps.
Good thing he didn’t have jock itch....
"You don't know the half of it, lad."
Could this be...
The Undead Thread: Chopped Off
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1868081/replies?c=1514
That would make it tough to hold the camera to teach the class.
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. !!!!”
Well, I’m impressed!
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!
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