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http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/14/japan.biker.reut/index.html

TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) -- A Japanese biker failed to notice his leg had been severed below the knee when he hit a safety barrier, and rode on for 2 km (1.2 miles), leaving a friend to pick up the missing limb.
The 54-year-old office worker was out on his motorcycle with a group of friends in the city of Hamamatsu, west of Tokyo, on Monday, when he was unable to negotiate a curve in the road and bumped into the central barrier, the Mainichi Shimbun said.
He felt excruciating pain, but did not notice that his right leg was missing until he stopped at the next junction, the paper quoted local police as saying.
The man and his leg were taken to hospital, but the limb had been crushed in the collision, the paper
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:eek::eek::eek: All I can say ouch.His adrenaline must have been pumping not to notice.Yikes!
 
One of my neighbors just had his leg amputated due to a motorcycle/SUV accident. I'm aware of some type of excruciating pain associated with an amputation but can't remember it right now. I wonder if that's what this fellow in the news felt. You think your limb is there, but it's not.

I can't even imagine this! It's a wonder he didn't bleed out.
 
Well, I'm a dummy. My first thought was, how did he keep pedalling? I thought it was a bicycle!:doh:
 
I guess he had some sort of adrenaline reaction.

And BTW I thought bicyclist too.
 
My guess is that he was in shock. I have been in shock a couple of times, and both times I did things that made no sense to me afterwards.

It seems like it would be hard to balance without one of your legs, if you weren't used to it being that way.
 
Taximom said:
One of my neighbors just had his leg amputated due to a motorcycle/SUV accident. I'm aware of some type of excruciating pain associated with an amputation but can't remember it right now. I wonder if that's what this fellow in the news felt. You think your limb is there, but it's not.

I can't even imagine this! It's a wonder he didn't bleed out.
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My very sweet Taximom,:blowkiss:
A friend of mine lost an arm. He had "Phantom pain". Please see this link, it explains alot......Phantom limbs


All of my Love and Respect to you,
dark_shadows
 
dark_shadows said:
My very sweet Taximom,:blowkiss:
A friend of mine lost an arm. He had "Phantom pain". Please see this link, it explains alot......Phantom limbs


All of my Love and Respect to you,
dark_shadows
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Thanks for the link, my friend! :blowkiss: Lots of interesting information there and I would kind of like to try some of those experiments.

My Dutch uncle, who passed away several years ago, had both of his legs amputated above the knee and lived like that for 10+ years. He constantly had excrutiating pain in his missing parts.
 
southcitymom said:
Thanks for the link, my friend! :blowkiss: Lots of interesting information there and I would kind of like to try some of those experiments.

My Dutch uncle, who passed away several years ago, had both of his legs amputated above the knee and lived like that for 10+ years. He constantly had excrutiating pain in his missing parts.
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Dear Southcitymom,:blowkiss:

Hello my friend! The article is very interesting indeed. I would like to try the experiments also.

All of my Love and Respect to you,
dark_shadows
 
dingo said:
Didnt he notice the blood trail?
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Maybe not if he was going forward on his bike? Can you imagine being the car behind him trying to flag him down? :eek:

I guess you don't need your feet for anything when you ride a motorcycle.
 
dark_shadows said:
My very sweet Taximom,:blowkiss:
A friend of mine lost an arm. He had "Phantom pain". Please see this link, it explains alot......Phantom limbs


All of my Love and Respect to you,
dark_shadows
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THAT'S what it's called. I guess he's going through that now, and not at the time of the accident.

Thank you so much, DS!! You are so thoughtful. :blowkiss:
 
southcitymom said:
Thanks for the link, my friend! :blowkiss: Lots of interesting information there and I would kind of like to try some of those experiments.

My Dutch uncle, who passed away several years ago, had both of his legs amputated above the knee and lived like that for 10+ years. He constantly had excrutiating pain in his missing parts.
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That has to be horrible. I could never imagine. I find that sort of thing oddly fascinating...
I was looking up some stuff on that a while back, and they are now doing something like "nerve mapping." I am not sure that was what it was called, but that is what I think of it as. Basically, our nerve tracks trasmit messages from different parts of the body... like, we have arm pain when we have heart attacks because those nerves are used to transmit messages by both body parts, and the nerves are "used" to transmitting pain impulses from the arm (not dying heart muscle). Anyway, they are looking into "mapping" each person and the person's nerve impuses, and where the person can basically scratch or massage on a completely separate part of the body (a hand, elbow, whatever) to help decrease or satisfy the phantom pain / itch in the foot, arm, leg, whatever. I thought that was super interesting.
 
dark_shadows said:
My very sweet Taximom,:blowkiss:
A friend of mine lost an arm. He had "Phantom pain". Please see this link, it explains alot......Phantom limbs


All of my Love and Respect to you,
dark_shadows
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DS, I absolutely love websites like this. The section about mirror neurons caught my attention.
http://www.youramazingbrain.org/brainbody/dancers.htm

I wonder if those neurons are limited in autistic and speech-delayed children? If our brains read other's reactions and then mirror them back, it just might be dysfunctional in the brain of someone with autism, etc. (I'm sure there's other medical conditions that are affected, but that one is dear to my heart.)

Hmm. I need to do some more reading. Thanks again!
:blowkiss:

P.S. I just read the last sentence on that page and it's about autism, so I'm glad someone is working on this!!!!
 
Taximom said:
DS, I absolutely love websites like this. The section about mirror neurons caught my attention.
http://www.youramazingbrain.org/brainbody/dancers.htm

I wonder if those neurons are limited in autistic and speech-delayed children? If our brains read other's reactions and then mirror them back, it just might be dysfunctional in the brain of someone with autism, etc. (I'm sure there's other medical conditions that are affected, but that one is dear to my heart.)

Hmm. I need to do some more reading. Thanks again!
:blowkiss:

P.S. I just read the last sentence on that page and it's about autism, so I'm glad someone is working on this!!!!
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My dear sweet Taximom,:blowkiss:
I posted an article about Amanda Baggs on another thread awhile ago. She lives a short distance from my town. I was awe struck when I watched her video.
Here is a link;
CNN interview with Amanda
There is so much that we do not understand about Autism. If you cannot get the links to her video, please let me know and I will post them.


All of my Love and Respect to you,
dark_shadows
 
Taximom said:
THAT'S what it's called. I guess he's going through that now, and not at the time of the accident.

Thank you so much, DS!! You are so thoughtful. :blowkiss:
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So much Love and Respect to you Taximom. My friend was a POW. Out of all of his unit that were POW'S, he was the only one who lived. I hold a great amount of Respect for him. I cannot even imagine the tourment and pain that he endures each and every day.


Love and Respect to you,
dark_shadows
 
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