Get Default: Valentin Dikul Posted by getdefault on May 24, 2012 Posted in: Regeneration. Tagged: Be Strong, Get Default, Hospital, Injury, Microsurgery, Regeneration, Regrow, Trauma. Leave a Comment This is Valentin Dikul (b. 1948), Russian circus weightlifter. When he was 14, safety equipment gave way and he fell 13 meters down on the arena, breaking his spine. Dikul was doomed for a cheerless life in a wheelchair. Continue Reading
Amputation in fiction: Captain Hook Posted by getdefault on May 7, 2012 Posted in: Trauma. Tagged: Amputation, book review, fiction, Injury, Movie review, Trauma, video game. Leave a Comment Peter Pan is a great… I guess we can call it franchise. It’s vivid, interesting and appealing to both children and adults. Much like modern Shrek. Shrek, by the way, has a cameo of the play villain, Captain Hook, in second installment of the series. Continue Reading
How to treat ingrown toe nail Posted by getdefault on May 4, 2012 Posted in: Regeneration, Trauma. Tagged: Get Default, Hospital, Injury, Microsurgery, Regeneration, Regrow, scar, science, Trauma. Leave a Comment Ingrown toe nail is a serious problem, with a threat of inflammation, edema and infection. It should be treated at once. Continue Reading
Month Four: A dent in the regrowing fingernail Posted by getdefault on May 3, 2012 Posted in: Medical History. Tagged: Amputation, Be Strong, Get Default, Injury, Lost finger, Lost finger tip, Regeneration, Regrow, scar, Story, Trauma. Leave a Comment Twelve weeks have passed since my thumb lost its tip. As you can see, the removed fingernail is slowly growing back. Continue Reading
Amputation in fiction: The Lost Symbol Posted by getdefault on April 11, 2012 Posted in: Trauma. Tagged: Amputation, book review, Injury. Leave a Comment Dan Brown is one of the greatest literature discoveries in the recent years. His most famous book is Angels & Demons, which led him to international stardom. Much of the book criticism is based on Dan Brown not being the first one: a number of guys raised the same topic of religious symbolism before Brown, including Umberto Eco. Well, those books passed unnoticed by the general public because they are damn boring, while Angels & Demons is a page-turner. Spoiler alert!
Month Three: The shape Posted by getdefault on April 3, 2012 Posted in: Medical History. Tagged: Amputation, Be Strong, Hospital, Injury, Lost finger, Lost finger tip, Story, Trauma. Leave a Comment Two months has passed since the thumb tip amputation. The nail is slowly growing back. Continue Reading
Ultimate contraception: Young girl breasts amputation Posted by getdefault on April 2, 2012 Posted in: Trauma. Tagged: Amputation, Injury, scar, society, Trauma, voluntary. Leave a Comment Apart from female circumcision, young girls suffer another mutilation: breast ironing. The procedure includes stick beating up 10-12 y.o. daughters breasts and burning them with heated stones. And the poor child is tortured by her own mother. Continue Reading
Relieve back pain and constrained spine Posted by getdefault on March 30, 2012 Posted in: Regeneration. Tagged: Get Default, Injury, Regeneration. Leave a Comment Humans are the only orthograde species. Other creatures, even bipedal ones, tend to bend their body during movement. The payback for hauty posture is indispensable pain in the back. Continue Reading
Amputation in disguise: Diabetes Posted by getdefault on March 26, 2012 Posted in: Trauma. Tagged: Amputation, Be Strong, Hospital, Injury, Lost finger, Trauma. Leave a Comment Another condition may result in amputation. It is called diabetic foot, and as the name suggests, diabetes is the cause. Continue Reading
Mirror box therapy Posted by getdefault on March 22, 2012 Posted in: Regeneration. Tagged: Amputation, Be Strong, Hospital, Injury, Reanimation, Regeneration, Regrow, science, Trauma. 1 comment House M.D., one of my favourite series, showed an interesting device to treat phantom pain in amputated limbs, called a mirror box. Continue Reading