The medulla is the purple part.
Posted on 07/27/2019 6:35:38 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
It was 1999. The symptoms soon became intense and untreatable.
... he would spend the next 11 years mostly confined to a hospital bed
Lindsay immersed himself in medical research, determined to find a way out. He saw specialists from endocrinology, neurology, internal medicine and other specialties. When one doctor was out of ideas, he referred Lindsay to a psychiatrist.
That’s when Lindsay he realized he’d have to figure his predicament out on his own.
While in college he had picked up a 2,200-page endocrinology textbook ...
He zeroed in on his adrenal glands...
In 2002, he gave a presentation about his disease To get there, Lindsay bought a row of airline tickets so that, with the help of friends, he could lay across several seats during the flight.
“They didn’t patronize me. They treated me like a scientist,” Lindsay said. “I was entering into a world of science I couldn’t participate in because I was at home and couldn’t be a grad student.”
His first big lead came in 2008. He found a 1980 study from a scientist at Georgia State University, which he summed up as: “You slice the rat’s adrenal gland with a razor blade and squeeze it so the medulla pops out like a pimple.”
He built a 363-page PDF which proposed a first-ever human adrenal medullectomy.
Then he spent the next 18 months working to find a surgeon who would oversee the unorthodox procedure.
He’s not exactly the biology professor he dreamed of being at 21, ... He’s leveraging his experience into a new career as a medical consultant.
“I’m a full professor at Stanford, and I don’t know these answers,” said Dr. Lawrence Chu, who found himself leaning on Lindsay when a rare disease patient came to him. “Doug was the expert consultant.”
(Excerpt) Read more at fox59.com ...
Do they call it “suture yourself.”
Great story. Thanks for posting.
Do they call it “suture yourself.”
NICE!!!
No way can I come close to that diddy, but I do recall a few odd tidbits.
Werner Forssmann In 1929, he put himself under local anesthesia and inserted a catheter into a vein of his arm. Not knowing if the catheter might pierce a vein, he put his life at risk. Forssmann was nevertheless successful; he safely passed the catheter into his heart.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Forssmann
The medulla is the purple part.
Wrong medulla. They’re talking about the adrenal medulla, the center of the adrenal glands that sit on top of the kidneys
Loved this story!
It amazing what some people will do in the face of adversity when most would just curl up into a ball.(And as time goes by more are curling)
Great story. It’s worth reading the whole thing.
I’ve been off in the head for decades now and doctors can’t seem to help.
But I think I’ve narrowed it down the prefrontal cortex.
And I have this GREAT set of tools...
The medulla is the purple part.
Thanks!
I never thought to check out the nature of his work.
I think your pic is of the medulla oblongata just below the brain.
In this instance, it is the adrenal medulla
(medulla=similar to the pit in a fruit)
Now to read a bit on the old underlying form.
Thanks for pointing me in that direction.
You’ve got me in stitches.
I was gonna say, sounds like a dangerous procedure. 8>)
Hmmm... Maybe I'll back off my incessant criticism of him since I didn't realize his problems... IAC, as long as Lindsey keeps those judicial nominees moving onto the Senate floor I'll cut him some slack...
I’ve narrowed it down the prefrontal cortex.
And I have this GREAT set of tools...
Trepanning with a battery drill was popular among the early hippies!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trepanning
If you must, please use a sterilized drill bit and a large drill stop; so as not to go too deep.
One of the most prominent advocates of trepanning was Dutch librarian Bart Huges. In 1965, Huges drilled a hole in his own head with a dentist drill as a publicity stunt. Huges claimed that trepanning increases “brain blood volume” and thereby enhances cerebral metabolism...
Please check out some how-to videos first.
I think I’ll pass! :)
There’s enough damage up there.
There’s safer ways to get the blood flowing up there!
Hahahahahhahaha
Thanks for the giggle!
Face palm! If you take out the other medulla...you die instantly.
Have you tried bleeding yourself, like they did to Washingon?
http://www.doctorzebra.com/prez/z_x01death_lear_g.htm
Some 80 ounces of blood were removed in 12 hours
SMH
One doctor wanted to perform a tracheotomy. I did not know the IDEA even existed then.
Other doctor said no saying it would be too painful.
It may have saved his life if they knew what they were dong, which was probably questionable.
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