Man chops off his own hand with a homemade guillotine… and is now threatening to amputate his arm

Metro [UK] ^ | 28 Mar 2014 | Evan Bartlett

[Slings and Arrows]

Measure twice, cut once.

[Slings and Arrows]

> Dr. G would have been ashamed of that implementation.

You’ve got a point - thing needs an angled blade. Of course, the Mk II may be some time in coming.

[RegulatorCountry]

But he’s officially not crazy, he repeatedly has stressed this, although throwing his hand into a bonfire so it couldn’t be reattached seems pretty darned irrational, as bad or worse than chopping it off in the first place, like he’d been driven to some sort of mental disassociation, as if his own hand was an evil, alien being that was tormenting him.

If he had been regarded as having a mental problem due to the pain, he might have been more likely to receive treatment.

[Slings and Arrows]

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

How?

[dalereed]

“But he’s officially not crazy”

He just wanted to make sure he wasn't turned down for Social Security Disability!

[cynwoody]

Well, being in pain for years under socialized medicine can make anyone go crazy.

I wonder what would have happened if he were 14, and his parents took him to Boston Children's Hospital?

[RegulatorCountry]

With your teeth?

[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.

[goat granny]

too many doctors are afraid to give pain meds or the government will come after him....For people with chronic pain this is like torture.

[Slings and Arrows]

It’s rude to lick your fingers.

[Slings and Arrows]

Impossible! In socialist paradise medical care is best in world! Ask comrade Michael Moore!

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Hey it could have been worse!

[OneWingedShark]

too many doctors are afraid to give pain meds or the government will come after him....For people with chronic pain this is like torture.

True.
I wonder if it has been used as torture… imagine if your government had a way to cause someone chronic pain with some reliability of severity.

[LucyT]

A few years ago I enrolled in a photography class, and it was canceled after about three weeks. Our female Prof had cut off her right arm deliberately with a paper cutter.

[bramps]

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

[bramps]

Would this be a time for gallows humor?

[cynwoody]

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

I didn't realize pot was Eric's major claim to fame.

I thought it was making monkeys out of the feds by (1) causing them (and the drive-bys) to make Richard Jewell famous and (2) leading them on a long, long manhunt through the Nantahala National Forest before being finally caught dumpster diving long after the heat had died down.

Funny story about his brother, though: http://www-cgi.cnn.com/US/9803/09/briefs.pm/rudolph.amputation/

[Slings and Arrows]

A few years ago I enrolled in a photography class, and it was canceled after about three weeks. Our female Prof had cut off her right arm deliberately with a paper cutter.

I hope you got a refund.