A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

Bike Versus SUV

And the doctors even took out his apadravya piercing while he was unconscious. Seriously, I think doctors have a thing with messing with people’s genitals while they’re out… A friend of mine just had lung surgery and when he came to, he discovered that he had a smiley face drawn on his the head of his cock, as if it had been used as a puppet. He confronted the doctors about it and they were embarassed and apologized for not cleaning it off, and said that it was quite normal because “it helped make things less boring”.

I’m not sure if that’s really creepy or sort of funny.

Comments

231 responses to “Bike Versus SUV”

  1. Jay Avatar
    Jay

    oh?
    that is… a lil weird i must say
    but thanks for letting know;)

  2. F. Xanatos Avatar
    F. Xanatos

    >>Also, I know that some people use cautery pens for scarification, do they remove all their jewelry for that? It would hold the same risks my doctor talked about wouldn’t it?

  3. F. Xanatos Avatar
    F. Xanatos

    >>Also, I know that some people use cautery pens for scarification, do they remove all their jewelry for that? It would hold the same risks my doctor talked about wouldn’t it?

  4. F. Xanatos Avatar
    F. Xanatos

    >>Also, I know that some people use cautery pens for scarification, do they remove all their jewelry for that? It would hold the same risks my doctor talked about wouldn’t it?

  5. jenny Avatar
    jenny

    The thing about defibrillation sort of makes sense, at least with nipples piercings, but what about when AEDs are used in public places? In the cases that those are used I don’t think the people operating them are gonna check for and take out all of the victims jewelery, especially genital stuff . . .

  6. jenny Avatar
    jenny

    The thing about defibrillation sort of makes sense, at least with nipples piercings, but what about when AEDs are used in public places? In the cases that those are used I don’t think the people operating them are gonna check for and take out all of the victims jewelery, especially genital stuff . . .

  7. jenny Avatar
    jenny

    The thing about defibrillation sort of makes sense, at least with nipples piercings, but what about when AEDs are used in public places? In the cases that those are used I don’t think the people operating them are gonna check for and take out all of the victims jewelery, especially genital stuff . . .

  8. lusid Avatar
    lusid

    i had surgery (eye) and i took out all my ear jewelry and replaced it with fishing line. i left my nipple jewelry in because it was glass, and when i came to i found that they’d taped over it. not sure why. didn’t bother me though; i was just glad they’d left it in.

    i often have dentists and the like ask me to take out my lobe jewelry for panoramic xrays, but most of them let me leave it in when i explained that it wasn’t metal. it is kind of cool to see open ears on a jaw xray.

  9. lusid Avatar
    lusid

    i had surgery (eye) and i took out all my ear jewelry and replaced it with fishing line. i left my nipple jewelry in because it was glass, and when i came to i found that they’d taped over it. not sure why. didn’t bother me though; i was just glad they’d left it in.

    i often have dentists and the like ask me to take out my lobe jewelry for panoramic xrays, but most of them let me leave it in when i explained that it wasn’t metal. it is kind of cool to see open ears on a jaw xray.

  10. lusid Avatar
    lusid

    i had surgery (eye) and i took out all my ear jewelry and replaced it with fishing line. i left my nipple jewelry in because it was glass, and when i came to i found that they’d taped over it. not sure why. didn’t bother me though; i was just glad they’d left it in.

    i often have dentists and the like ask me to take out my lobe jewelry for panoramic xrays, but most of them let me leave it in when i explained that it wasn’t metal. it is kind of cool to see open ears on a jaw xray.

  11. weetbix Avatar
    weetbix

    oh my god……..could this mean that….oh my god….doctors and nurses could be just like us??sweet jesus..they have a sense of humour..

  12. weetbix Avatar
    weetbix

    oh my god……..could this mean that….oh my god….doctors and nurses could be just like us??sweet jesus..they have a sense of humour..

  13. weetbix Avatar
    weetbix

    oh my god……..could this mean that….oh my god….doctors and nurses could be just like us??sweet jesus..they have a sense of humour..

  14. devo Avatar
    devo

    weetbix –

    thats not “just like me” i wouldnt take the trust someone has given me and humiliated them. im in medical school and there is no way that is acceptable, under any circumstances.

    shannon, you friend (at least in the us) has every right to sue the shit out of those doctors. thats completely uncalled for.

  15. devo Avatar
    devo

    weetbix –

    thats not “just like me” i wouldnt take the trust someone has given me and humiliated them. im in medical school and there is no way that is acceptable, under any circumstances.

    shannon, you friend (at least in the us) has every right to sue the shit out of those doctors. thats completely uncalled for.

  16. devo Avatar
    devo

    weetbix –

    thats not “just like me” i wouldnt take the trust someone has given me and humiliated them. im in medical school and there is no way that is acceptable, under any circumstances.

    shannon, you friend (at least in the us) has every right to sue the shit out of those doctors. thats completely uncalled for.

  17. Nyarlathotep Avatar

    A few points; the electrocautery tools that they use in surgery have to be grounded through a pad. Because metal has less resistance to current than dry skin, there is a possibility, although relatively slight, that you could get current arcing from jewelry to the ground. Which would be bad. My surgeon had no problems with me replacing my genital pirecings with nylon and teflon, as they are non-conductive.
    As far as taking out oral piercings for surgery, I had it explained to me as a safety and liability issue. Intubation in an emergency situation is not generally done slowly and gently; oral piercings could easily get caught, ripped, and yes, possibly aspirated. I don’t expect that retrieving a piece of jewelry from your lungs would be very fun at all. There is a possibility that large oral piercings could also obstruct their ability to get a breathing tube in in the first place. The same goes with nasal piercings.
    I had to remove my eyebrow piercings for surgery, because I was going to be face-down; my surgeon felt that two hours of constant pressure on the piercings would probably damage them, and me; it was a basic liability issue. (That is, if a reasonably forseeable event ocurred that he could have prevented, he could be held reponsible for negative outcomes.) I was allowed to leave my bridge piercing in, because he felt it presented no risk. I was also allowed to leave my ear piercings in, although I chose not to, since my plugs tend to fall out, and I didn’t want to lose them in the OR.
    My wife had to remove all of her piercings for nuerosurgery, but she was allowed to use Tygon for her bridge and nape.
    I’ve also been permitted to leave facial piercings in when I was getting an MRI, after convincing the technicians that 316LVM SS and 6V/4AL Ti are non-reactive in magnetic fields.
    Not all medical personnel are completely unreasonable when the piercings involved present no significant risk to the patient’s health during treatment. But people need to understand that piercings can present unacceptable risks to their health under certain circumstances.

  18. Nyarlathotep Avatar

    A few points; the electrocautery tools that they use in surgery have to be grounded through a pad. Because metal has less resistance to current than dry skin, there is a possibility, although relatively slight, that you could get current arcing from jewelry to the ground. Which would be bad. My surgeon had no problems with me replacing my genital pirecings with nylon and teflon, as they are non-conductive.
    As far as taking out oral piercings for surgery, I had it explained to me as a safety and liability issue. Intubation in an emergency situation is not generally done slowly and gently; oral piercings could easily get caught, ripped, and yes, possibly aspirated. I don’t expect that retrieving a piece of jewelry from your lungs would be very fun at all. There is a possibility that large oral piercings could also obstruct their ability to get a breathing tube in in the first place. The same goes with nasal piercings.
    I had to remove my eyebrow piercings for surgery, because I was going to be face-down; my surgeon felt that two hours of constant pressure on the piercings would probably damage them, and me; it was a basic liability issue. (That is, if a reasonably forseeable event ocurred that he could have prevented, he could be held reponsible for negative outcomes.) I was allowed to leave my bridge piercing in, because he felt it presented no risk. I was also allowed to leave my ear piercings in, although I chose not to, since my plugs tend to fall out, and I didn’t want to lose them in the OR.
    My wife had to remove all of her piercings for nuerosurgery, but she was allowed to use Tygon for her bridge and nape.
    I’ve also been permitted to leave facial piercings in when I was getting an MRI, after convincing the technicians that 316LVM SS and 6V/4AL Ti are non-reactive in magnetic fields.
    Not all medical personnel are completely unreasonable when the piercings involved present no significant risk to the patient’s health during treatment. But people need to understand that piercings can present unacceptable risks to their health under certain circumstances.

  19. Nyarlathotep Avatar

    A few points; the electrocautery tools that they use in surgery have to be grounded through a pad. Because metal has less resistance to current than dry skin, there is a possibility, although relatively slight, that you could get current arcing from jewelry to the ground. Which would be bad. My surgeon had no problems with me replacing my genital pirecings with nylon and teflon, as they are non-conductive.
    As far as taking out oral piercings for surgery, I had it explained to me as a safety and liability issue. Intubation in an emergency situation is not generally done slowly and gently; oral piercings could easily get caught, ripped, and yes, possibly aspirated. I don’t expect that retrieving a piece of jewelry from your lungs would be very fun at all. There is a possibility that large oral piercings could also obstruct their ability to get a breathing tube in in the first place. The same goes with nasal piercings.
    I had to remove my eyebrow piercings for surgery, because I was going to be face-down; my surgeon felt that two hours of constant pressure on the piercings would probably damage them, and me; it was a basic liability issue. (That is, if a reasonably forseeable event ocurred that he could have prevented, he could be held reponsible for negative outcomes.) I was allowed to leave my bridge piercing in, because he felt it presented no risk. I was also allowed to leave my ear piercings in, although I chose not to, since my plugs tend to fall out, and I didn’t want to lose them in the OR.
    My wife had to remove all of her piercings for nuerosurgery, but she was allowed to use Tygon for her bridge and nape.
    I’ve also been permitted to leave facial piercings in when I was getting an MRI, after convincing the technicians that 316LVM SS and 6V/4AL Ti are non-reactive in magnetic fields.
    Not all medical personnel are completely unreasonable when the piercings involved present no significant risk to the patient’s health during treatment. But people need to understand that piercings can present unacceptable risks to their health under certain circumstances.

  20. L1ZZARD Avatar

    Its definately creepy when doctors do stuff like that. An aquaintance of mine had dental surgery and they put stickers all over her face when she was out. Weird stuff.

  21. L1ZZARD Avatar

    Its definately creepy when doctors do stuff like that. An aquaintance of mine had dental surgery and they put stickers all over her face when she was out. Weird stuff.

  22. L1ZZARD Avatar

    Its definately creepy when doctors do stuff like that. An aquaintance of mine had dental surgery and they put stickers all over her face when she was out. Weird stuff.

  23. Ubermutant Avatar

    As a med student and as a retired nurse, I’d pull everything off the patient that I could. I’d bag it, tag it, file it in valuables.

    1) You never know what you’re going to have to do to a patient in a hurry in order to save their life.
    2) You never know what you’re going to be sued for “stealing.”

    If I have to put a tube in a patient’s nose, mouth, crotch, ass, etc. I don’t want anything blocking my way. And this is the likely reason all this guy’s jewelry was pulled:

    I don’t want any jewelry blocking my radiologist’s view or even distracting them when they read the films. They decide whether or not that funny looking thing on the x-ray is something that they send you to surgery over.

    Survival/Recovery > Freedom of personal expression

    The patient can stretch it up or get it repierced later. There’s not a big market for piercings in the dead, though.

  24. Ubermutant Avatar

    As a med student and as a retired nurse, I’d pull everything off the patient that I could. I’d bag it, tag it, file it in valuables.

    1) You never know what you’re going to have to do to a patient in a hurry in order to save their life.
    2) You never know what you’re going to be sued for “stealing.”

    If I have to put a tube in a patient’s nose, mouth, crotch, ass, etc. I don’t want anything blocking my way. And this is the likely reason all this guy’s jewelry was pulled:

    I don’t want any jewelry blocking my radiologist’s view or even distracting them when they read the films. They decide whether or not that funny looking thing on the x-ray is something that they send you to surgery over.

    Survival/Recovery > Freedom of personal expression

    The patient can stretch it up or get it repierced later. There’s not a big market for piercings in the dead, though.

  25. Ubermutant Avatar

    As a med student and as a retired nurse, I’d pull everything off the patient that I could. I’d bag it, tag it, file it in valuables.

    1) You never know what you’re going to have to do to a patient in a hurry in order to save their life.
    2) You never know what you’re going to be sued for “stealing.”

    If I have to put a tube in a patient’s nose, mouth, crotch, ass, etc. I don’t want anything blocking my way. And this is the likely reason all this guy’s jewelry was pulled:

    I don’t want any jewelry blocking my radiologist’s view or even distracting them when they read the films. They decide whether or not that funny looking thing on the x-ray is something that they send you to surgery over.

    Survival/Recovery > Freedom of personal expression

    The patient can stretch it up or get it repierced later. There’s not a big market for piercings in the dead, though.

  26. Ubermutant Avatar

    On the other hand- Drawing, stickering, shaving, etc. a patient against their will is right out. If it isn’t necessary or elected for, I shouldn’t be doing it to you. Heck, I’d rather be goofing off than entertaining myself with your body.

  27. Ubermutant Avatar

    On the other hand- Drawing, stickering, shaving, etc. a patient against their will is right out. If it isn’t necessary or elected for, I shouldn’t be doing it to you. Heck, I’d rather be goofing off than entertaining myself with your body.

  28. Ubermutant Avatar

    On the other hand- Drawing, stickering, shaving, etc. a patient against their will is right out. If it isn’t necessary or elected for, I shouldn’t be doing it to you. Heck, I’d rather be goofing off than entertaining myself with your body.

  29. Timeless Boulevard Avatar

    That smiley is downright disrespectful and unethical.

  30. Timeless Boulevard Avatar

    That smiley is downright disrespectful and unethical.

  31. Timeless Boulevard Avatar

    That smiley is downright disrespectful and unethical.

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