[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Crash victim gets bionic anus (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 11/13/2009 4:39:51 PM EDT
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A man horrifically injured in a motorbike crash now uses a remote control to go to the toilet — after being fitted with a BIONIC BOTTOM.
Father-of-two Ged Galvin, 55, was given just hours to live by doctors after he was "ripped in half" by his fuel tank when a car pulled out in front of him at 45mph. He suffered massive internal injuries and had to be fitted with a colostomy bag until surgeons performed a complex operation to rebuild his backside. The docs attached electrodes to strategically placed nerves — operated by remote control — around his bottom. Ged carries the palm-sized remote in his pocket and simply presses a button to activate his bottom and go to the toilet. The IT project manager from Barnsley, South Yorks, said: "When I want to go to the loo, I use the remote control. "It's like a chubby little mobile phone. You switch it on and off, just like switching on the telly." The horrific accident happened on October 16, 2005, as Ged was riding his Kawasaki 750 near his home. A car pulled out in front of him and the force of the collision sent him flying 20 yards down the road. He suffered a detached retina in both eyes, a fractured pelvis and vertebrae, and broke his left foot, right leg, two wrists, and an ankle. Doctors expected him to die and his family staged a vigil by his bedside. Ged said: "I can't remember anything about the impact but the people behind me said I never stood a chance. "I just pounded into the car and did a dead stop at 45mph." Incredibly, Ged recovered after 13 weeks in hospital and 13 operations, including having steel plates fitted in his leg and 4in screws in his pelvis. But two operations to control his bowel movements failed. He was fitted with a colostomy bag — which collects waste from an opening in the abdomen — which doctors said he would have for life. Ged said the embarrassment of the bag eventually led to the breakdown of his 30-year marriage. He added: "The doctors did several operations to repair the sphincters in my bottom but they didn't work. They told me I'd have the bag for life." Ged refused to accept the problem and contacted Professor Norman Williams at the Royal London Hospital. And the bowel specialist carried out an operation in the summer of 2007, where muscle was cut from above Ged's knee and pulled back to his groin. Ged said: "I thought that in these days of modern medicine surely there was something they could do. They'd mended everything else. Why not this? "The operation changed my life and gave me my pride and confidence back. I feel born again, like a new man and because of the remote control I can lead a normal life again." Ged is now enjoying a new relationship and has ditched his motorbike for a Mercedes. yes this a link |
(it had to go this way eventually)
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"Open the bomb-bay doors." "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that......" http://atypicalsnowman.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/hal-9000.jpg  "pod-bay doors" but still, 
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Quoted: Quoted: "Open the bomb-bay doors." "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that......" http://atypicalsnowman.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/hal-9000.jpg OMG!!!! STOP!!! <breathless> |
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Just so long as it's under manual control at all times...
You certainly wouldn't want this to happen... 
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