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Man Cuts His Own Cyst With a Stanley Knife (Thanks, ACA!)
Metro (U.K.) ^ | Friday 3 Mar 2017 | Jimmy Nsubuga

Posted on 03/03/2017 12:43:25 PM PST by nickcarraway

After watching this video you’ll never want to eat ricotta cheese again.

It shows a man cutting open a cyst on his arm using a Stanley knife.

He then squeezes out the contents, which according to his mate look like ricotta cheese.

The video was posted on reddit by user xxjar3xx.

The American explained the man on the video was his dad.

‘My dad had a sebaceous cyst and wanted to remove it himself so i told him id help, we soaked all the tools in alcohol and got to work,’ he wrote.

He added he used a field medical kit to clean and stitch the wound after they were done.

But that didn’t make people feel any better after watching the short video.

‘Grossest family bonding session ever,’ wrote one user.


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Local News
KEYWORDS: aca; healthcare; surgery
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To: nickcarraway

Sebaceous? That’s bodacious! I wonder if the guy’s name is Lance.


21 posted on 03/03/2017 2:00:34 PM PST by Two Kids' Dad (((( ))))
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To: nickcarraway
I've done that - had one on my neck. Used a scalpel by looking in the mirror.

On second thought, maybe that wasn't the brightest thing I'd ever done....

22 posted on 03/03/2017 2:17:50 PM PST by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: right way right
OK I get it. I’m going to do my own back surgery this afternoon. Because of ACA I can’t afford the deductable for an MRI so I’ll just take my best shot. (this is only half BS)

If you're White, all you have to do(in California) is lose your job, your savings, your home and then you can get mediCal and some of the best medical care from top surgeons in top hospitals and all at no cost to you(trust me I know). Oh if you're illegal? skip the first three qualifiers and just go straight to MediCal for free without ever having paid taxes like a American Citizen or Legal Resident.

23 posted on 03/03/2017 2:34:52 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: nickcarraway

Bad news for home choppers, if you don’t get the entire cyst wall, it will just grow back, even a little piece will grow into an entire new cyst.

Because of the residual scar, it will be even harder to get the whole thing out next time.


24 posted on 03/03/2017 2:38:12 PM PST by dangerdoc ((this space for rent))
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To: Psalm 73

If your PCP has any sense, they wouldn’t try to remove a cyst from your neck, front of the neck anyway. Way to many scary things to cut.


25 posted on 03/03/2017 2:43:29 PM PST by dangerdoc ((this space for rent))
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To: nickcarraway

That’s a big’un.


26 posted on 03/03/2017 3:56:50 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: dangerdoc
"If your PCP has any sense, they wouldn’t try to remove a cyst from your neck...."

No, he's got way too much sense for that - that's why I had to do it myself. I didn't have to cut very deep, though....

27 posted on 03/03/2017 5:03:48 PM PST by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: Psalm 73

When I was in the Navy I caught a couple of junior corpsmen trying to cut a cyst out of a Marine’s armpit. I about freaked, I could see major vessels from across the room, I could visualize a major hemorrhage happening any second. I ordered them to drop the tools and back away.

I am not a bold doc, I applied a dressing and sent the Marine to the hospital to have a surgeon close him up.

I then had an excited discussion with the Chief and HM1 on duty.


28 posted on 03/03/2017 6:12:20 PM PST by dangerdoc ((this space for rent))
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To: dangerdoc
"...caught a couple of junior corpsmen trying to cut a cyst out of a Marine’s armpit..."

Great visual, there, Doc!

I guess I wouldn't want my doctor working on my aircraft, so I shouldn't perform surgery on my body.
My sister's husband is retired Navy corpsman, spent the majority of his time afloat (Inchon, Iwo Jima) - he's had similar stories to tell - just cracks me up!

29 posted on 03/04/2017 4:50:58 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: Psalm 73

Best 4 years of my life was when I was attached to the Marines.

I’ve forgotten more good stories from that 4 years than most people accumulate in their life. I love Corpsmen, I love Marines and I met my wife during that assignment.


30 posted on 03/04/2017 6:57:43 AM PST by dangerdoc ((this space for rent))
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To: nickcarraway

Beats a $3,400 deductible, on top of $15,000 in premiums.

Insurance companies making record profits.


31 posted on 03/04/2017 7:04:32 AM PST by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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