7/22/2003: Palestinian bloodletting quackery - Page 2

Leah · 07-22-2003, 05:14 PM

There is no way on this earth that I would ever let a leech or a maggot anywhere near my body to suck blood. Makes me want to vomit just thinking about it.

Happy Monkey · 07-22-2003, 05:23 PM

Leah,
One time when I was a young lad, I was wading in a lake. When I got out, I had a whole family of leeches on my leg. A big black momma leech and about ten little white baby leeches. It took forever to pull them off...

[wanders away, whistling nonchalantly...]

OnyxCougar · 07-22-2003, 05:25 PM

How did you get em off? Did you like burn em off or get a razor? Details!!

SteveDallas · 07-22-2003, 05:52 PM

So what do UK blood banks do for blood????

My wife is not supposed to give blood because she had mono & it caused her to have a false positive for hepatitis.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-22-2003, 06:21 PM

Blood letting definately works.
If for instance, all the people with high blood pressure slashed their wrists, there would be a lot less people with high blood pressure.:p

Leah · 07-22-2003, 06:23 PM

Happy Monkey how horrible that must have been.
I can remember about 15 yrs ago I was visiting friends who lived up near Coffs Harbour, Bellingen, ( they were neighbours of mine here in Sydney, city folk) they moved their family up there so I went and visited. We found a leech and we were playing with it when all of a sudden at attached itself to the palm of my hand, well you have never heard a girl scream so loud like I did, my scream echoed through the mountains/valley and everyone around me where in a fit of laughter whilst I was running around screaming for help. Now I look back at it it was rather funny, but very scary. I always remember that move that River Phoenix was in where a huge leech attached itself the one of the boys penis. What was that movie called again?

OnyxCougar · 07-22-2003, 06:24 PM

That would suck!

Griff · 07-22-2003, 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by SteveDallas
So what do UK blood banks do for blood????

I've got a relative in the blood business. They used to move a lot of product overseas including Germany and Japan but I don't know about the UK.

elSicomoro · 07-22-2003, 07:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Leah
I always remember that move that River Phoenix was in where a huge leech attached itself the one of the boys penis. What was that movie called again?

Stand By Me

Leah · 07-22-2003, 07:39 PM

That's right, thanks for that.

tweek · 07-22-2003, 09:52 PM

My buddy was vacationing in Australia when he got leech attached to his eyeball! There was a lump under his eyelid for the whole two hour drive back to civilization. The doctors left him under a hot lamp for fifteen minutes and the leech fell out from under his eye.

OnyxCougar · 07-23-2003, 12:41 AM

How in the HELL do you get a leech attached to your eyeball?????

Timeless · 07-23-2003, 02:17 AM

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Originally posted by OnyxCougar
I was really upset when they began the deferrment. I had donated every 3 months for many years, then suddenly I couldn't donate any more, and I couldn't be an organ donor.

Yeah - it's the same for me - I lived in England my whole life until 1999 when I moved to Brussels - I started giving blood in about 2001, but after a couple of times (they take it anyway, then throw it away if you fail screening) I received a letter asking me to stop donating...

It's a shame - I'd always been a bit nervous about giving blood, and once I got over it and started, I was told that I had to stop. Bah!

-- Pete.

Happy Monkey · 07-23-2003, 06:48 AM

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Originally posted by OnyxCougar
How did you get em off? Did you like burn em off or get a razor? Details!!

I was at a gathering of my extended family, and my various uncles just pulled them off. I was pretty young, so my memory isn't 100% clear, but I do remember that they really can stretch.

hairdog · 07-23-2003, 07:14 AM

As a lawyer for Medicare, I had a case where a lady had a pressure sore on her leg and when they unwrapped the dressings, 150 maggots fell out. So they cleaned her up, dressed the wound again, and about a week later, 30 or so more maggots. Then, she ended up at the hospital about a week or so later...you guessed it, more maggots. The nursing home presented several arguments in its defense: that the maggots could have hatched within 12 hours after a fly landed on her; that she must have gotten them when she went outside; that maggots only eat dead tissue so they were beneficial, etc. I jumped all over the last argument: the screw-fly maggot eats both live and dead tissue, so it's not beneficial...and, of course, where is the informed consent of the patient? Maggot therapy does exist, but they use (sexually) sterile and very clean maggots.

Sorry. Had to rant. Back to work now.

Harry

07-22-2003, 05:23 PM	#17
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Really? Leah, One time when I was a young lad, I was wading in a lake. When I got out, I had a whole family of leeches on my leg. A big black momma leech and about ten little white baby leeches. It took forever to pull them off... [wanders away, whistling nonchalantly...] __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

07-22-2003, 05:25 PM	#18
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	How did you get em off? Did you like burn em off or get a razor? Details!! __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

07-22-2003, 05:52 PM	#19
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	smartass question So what do UK blood banks do for blood???? My wife is not supposed to give blood because she had mono & it caused her to have a false positive for hepatitis.

07-22-2003, 06:21 PM	#20
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Blood letting definately works. If for instance, all the people with high blood pressure slashed their wrists, there would be a lot less people with high blood pressure.:p __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-22-2003, 06:24 PM	#22
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	That would suck! __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

07-22-2003, 05:14 PM	#16
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	There is no way on this earth that I would ever let a leech or a maggot anywhere near my body to suck blood. Makes me want to vomit just thinking about it.

07-22-2003, 06:23 PM	#21
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	Happy Monkey how horrible that must have been. I can remember about 15 yrs ago I was visiting friends who lived up near Coffs Harbour, Bellingen, ( they were neighbours of mine here in Sydney, city folk) they moved their family up there so I went and visited. We found a leech and we were playing with it when all of a sudden at attached itself to the palm of my hand, well you have never heard a girl scream so loud like I did, my scream echoed through the mountains/valley and everyone around me where in a fit of laughter whilst I was running around screaming for help. Now I look back at it it was rather funny, but very scary. I always remember that move that River Phoenix was in where a huge leech attached itself the one of the boys penis. What was that movie called again?

07-22-2003, 07:39 PM	#25
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	That's right, thanks for that.

07-22-2003, 09:52 PM	#26
tweek Disorderly Disciplinarian Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 21	Howzabout a leech on your eye!? My buddy was vacationing in Australia when he got leech attached to his eyeball! There was a lump under his eyelid for the whole two hour drive back to civilization. The doctors left him under a hot lamp for fifteen minutes and the leech fell out from under his eye.

07-23-2003, 12:41 AM	#27
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	How in the HELL do you get a leech attached to your eyeball????? __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

07-23-2003, 07:14 AM	#30
hairdog Simulated Simulacrum Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Posts: 39	As a lawyer for Medicare, I had a case where a lady had a pressure sore on her leg and when they unwrapped the dressings, 150 maggots fell out. So they cleaned her up, dressed the wound again, and about a week later, 30 or so more maggots. Then, she ended up at the hospital about a week or so later...you guessed it, more maggots. The nursing home presented several arguments in its defense: that the maggots could have hatched within 12 hours after a fly landed on her; that she must have gotten them when she went outside; that maggots only eat dead tissue so they were beneficial, etc. I jumped all over the last argument: the screw-fly maggot eats both live and dead tissue, so it's not beneficial...and, of course, where is the informed consent of the patient? Maggot therapy does exist, but they use (sexually) sterile and very clean maggots. Sorry. Had to rant. Back to work now. Harry

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