"A former soldier cut off two of his gangrene-ridden toes with a pair of tin metal pliers without anesthetic in his living room after becoming frustrated at a six-week delay to being operated on by the National Health Service (NHS)."
[...] "He says he eventually developed gangrene and his doctor said his infected toes would have to be removed. Rather than wait six weeks for the operation, Dibbins took matters into his own hands.
He says the operation, performed without pain killers and in his living room while biting on a rolled up towel, took about an hour. His wife of 40 years was in the house but says she did not want to look.
“Knowing that it would take at least another six weeks to get me in front of a surgeon again, that’s when I bit the bullet and cut off the toes,” Dibbins told the North Devon Journal.
“I did it because it’s what had to be done. My doctor told me my toes were going to kill me."
https://www.rt.com/uk/364152-gangrene-frostbite-toes-cut/
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday October 29 2016, @10:18PM
You need real cutting power to go through bone and sinew. I'd have rented a Sawzall [milwaukeetool.com] and used that instead.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday October 29 2016, @11:50PM
No way, man. Hold back the guard on a circle saw. Much quicker.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 30 2016, @12:32AM
A bladed hose cutter pliers will make a nice clean fast cut. Also good for penectomy.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday October 30 2016, @12:50AM
Through bone though? I'd think bolt cutters would be better.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Sunday October 30 2016, @02:47AM
I'd cut through the joint, as at least that way it won't pressure-splinter the bone and wind up with more mess than before.
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.