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Ah, the internet! Never before has there been such an outlet for information. Never before have borders and distance meant so little to the exchange of opinions and ideas. Never before have people been so willing to share with strangers intimate and embarrassing details about their medical problems. After posting a link to my second-favorite internet medical distress tale of all time, it was subtly suggested that I should also post my first. Sensing potential in this topic, I started this thread. If you or a "friend" have had an unusually hilarious or gripping encounter with medicine, go ahead and post it. What I would really like to see, though, are detailed, embarrassing tales of the sort that get passed around in newsgroups and develop cult followings and wind up with entire web pages dedicated to them. In that spirit, I present to you: The Worm Within A brief but engrossing story about a man who ate raw beef one too many times and suffered the consequences, complete with lovingly rendered illustrations. This is the aforementioned "second-favorite" story. My Anal Fissure Bob The riveting tale of a man with a tear in his rear end in a top hat. Truly the greatest story of sphincter-related malaise and punitive medicine that I have ever encountered. I do not expect anyone to top this story, but please try. If you want to read about Bob in the original newsgroup post style, use the links below. Some additional follow-up information is also available through these links. http://www.boardsailor.com/jack/af/bob.html http://www.boardsailor.com/jack/af/bob_2.html Now, show me yours.
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May 8, 2014 17:28
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I remember reading the story of Bob on Usenet 20 years ago. It didn't get any easier.
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May 10, 2014 02:03
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Unsurprisingly, there's a channel on Youtube full of this. There's a good amount of plain old blackhead removal on Dr. Yadav's channel. Sure, that might be uncomfortable, but nothing too icky. Right? HOW ABOUT SOME loving MAGGOTS IN YOUR EAR?
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May 10, 2014 05:20
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Subjunctive posted:I remember reading the story of Bob on Usenet 20 years ago. A true classic, to be sure. Missing Name posted:Unsurprisingly, there's a channel on Youtube full of this. There's a good amount of plain old blackhead removal on Dr. Yadav's channel. Sure, that might be uncomfortable, but nothing too icky. Right? Yeah, I recognize that guy's videos. That doctor is way into gross medical stuff, and says things like, "That's a beautiful cyst."
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May 10, 2014 12:42
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From a way back in the schadenfreude thread, it's the Black Salve story. A woman decides to go the 'natural route' by treating a small growth on her nose with something that sounds like it should be giving you +20 to Death Magic. With a little encouragement from an echo chamber of alternative medicine zealots, it ends even worse than you'd expect.
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May 24, 2014 00:18
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Saint Drogo posted:From a way back in the schadenfreude thread, it's the Black Salve story. A woman decides to go the 'natural route' by treating a small growth on her nose with something that sounds like it should be giving you +20 to Death Magic. With a little encouragement from an echo chamber of alternative medicine zealots, it ends even worse than you'd expect. She deleted most of the pictures, but here's one that survived.   Someone mirrored all the really gross ones on page 8 of that thread. Here's the TL:DR as I'm reading. Instead of having a real doctor treat the maybe-cancer in an outpatient appointment, she burned a hole through her nose and needed 3 plastic surgeries costing upwards of $30,000 to fix it. And it turns out it probably wasn't cancer. And it's fitting that they abbreviate "black salve" as "bs" 
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May 24, 2014 00:50
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Missed a golden opportunity to cast her as Voldemort's little sister.
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May 24, 2014 01:58
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canyoneer posted:She deleted most of the pictures, but here's one that survived. This is why I started this thread. I had forgotten about that lady. The whole story is just amazing, and the idiots all yelling, "Put on more salve! You know it works because you can feel it eating your nose off your face," are the best part.
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May 27, 2014 21:15
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There was a story on SA about a guy with a small foot wound, that absolutely exploded when he decided to treat it with some ... odd stuff. My memory is a bit off, but drat if the pictures weren't absolutely horrifying. Does anyone know what I'm talking about?
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May 29, 2014 13:09
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at hostpital lost fingat post mote later. http://www.somethingawful.com/comedy-goldmine/gamecube-challenge-fingat/1/ (rip archives  )
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May 29, 2014 16:24
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shelper posted:There was a story on SA about a guy with a small foot wound, that absolutely exploded when he decided to treat it with some ... odd stuff. Are you thinking of BFC star Zaurg? IIRC he was in dire financial straits and decided to treat something on his foot (an ingrown wart?) at home with a blade and a bunch of over-the-counter black salve wannabes, rather than go see a doctor. I can't find the thread right now but I believe it actually all ended up pretty positively, despite the increasingly large and gory hole Zaurg was cutting/burning into his foot. ETA: Found the link but it looks like all the pics died with waffle images :-( also, Zaurg posted it under an alt, 'Random Human'. Junius has a new favorite as of 08:19 on Jun 8, 2014 |
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