Cauterization is one of the most underrated procedures in medical science. It is the last resort taken by doctors to stop bleeding. A flame or a red hot metal tip is pressed mercilessly upon the wound, the result; a reddish brown mass of instantly boiled clot of blood.
After the teeth were gone I lamented and rued over the loss for a few days. Suddenly I realized that the lacuna of the problem was not situated within my oral cavity. It was there somewhere deeper and if I did not get a cure for it I was destined to be destroyed.
It was a cancerous growth inside me which had to be removed at the earliest. It had been fed and nurtured for four years and had grown strong and wily. In the absence of a surgeon I decided to take the task unto myself. Preparing for the surgery I held consultations with K and K. The stage was set. The anesthesia was lying filled to the brim in the cylinder beside me. The knives and scissors and bandages neatly arranged in the surgeon's pan. But their was a catch. In fact their were a couple of catch. Firstly I couldn't anesthetize myself and secondly the tumor was growing out of the superior vena cava encapsulating a part of the aorta. So remove the tumor and bleed to death; don't remove it and die slowly. Basically I was screwed.
That's when cauterization came to the rescue. I dug deep, located the malignant growth and snipped it off. Immediately I used a burning piece of wood and shoved it into the gaping hole.
Hisssssssssssssssss.....
Just one day down and I feel better. K told me to wait for a while and get the dentures later. She said. "Let your gums heal, nourish them, let them get stronger and for all you know you might not need dentures." It doesn't happen in science but I am sure my teeth will grow again. I am not in a hurry so no quick-fix-rebound dentures for me this time.
Amputation successful!
or is it?
After the teeth were gone I lamented and rued over the loss for a few days. Suddenly I realized that the lacuna of the problem was not situated within my oral cavity. It was there somewhere deeper and if I did not get a cure for it I was destined to be destroyed.
It was a cancerous growth inside me which had to be removed at the earliest. It had been fed and nurtured for four years and had grown strong and wily. In the absence of a surgeon I decided to take the task unto myself. Preparing for the surgery I held consultations with K and K. The stage was set. The anesthesia was lying filled to the brim in the cylinder beside me. The knives and scissors and bandages neatly arranged in the surgeon's pan. But their was a catch. In fact their were a couple of catch. Firstly I couldn't anesthetize myself and secondly the tumor was growing out of the superior vena cava encapsulating a part of the aorta. So remove the tumor and bleed to death; don't remove it and die slowly. Basically I was screwed.
That's when cauterization came to the rescue. I dug deep, located the malignant growth and snipped it off. Immediately I used a burning piece of wood and shoved it into the gaping hole.
Hisssssssssssssssss.....
Just one day down and I feel better. K told me to wait for a while and get the dentures later. She said. "Let your gums heal, nourish them, let them get stronger and for all you know you might not need dentures." It doesn't happen in science but I am sure my teeth will grow again. I am not in a hurry so no quick-fix-rebound dentures for me this time.
Amputation successful!
or is it?
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