Ireland Spearing 2012

[zaratustra]

I bet that cleared his sinuses :friday

Don't know. I must ask him

 

[fcallagy]

Are you sure this wasn't a POW camp Derek? Did you talk in the end, I wouldn't have blamed you.

I remember when I was a teenager I had a sinus rinse out done in the hospital...this involved putting two needles with cotton wool dipped in cocaine and adrenaline up through the nostrils and in to the bone/cartilage of the sinus cavity and leaving for about 10 minutes.
Then the doctor forced a large needle through the bone and into the cavity. He then screwed a hose connected to a huge syringe filled with warm saline to the needle and flushed out the infected matter and repeated on the other side. I remember if I shook my head vigorously I could hear and feel the saline still sloshing around in there for hours afterwards.
Did anyone else ever get this done?

 

[Derekn]

Are you sure this wasn't a POW camp Derek? Did you talk in the end, I wouldn't have blamed you.

It was pretty terrifying as a kid....I'd have said anything to get out of there :crutch

 

[kookiebrew]

thats another one you can start teaching in your courses feargus.... cocaine rinse hahahaha

 

[zaratustra]

thats another one you can start teaching in your courses feargus.... cocaine rinse hahahaha

I think we should all meet up on some stage this summer, some spearfishing weekend and try how it works in practice. If it won't we involve the vodka technique

 

[fcallagy]

Seen a guy in a pub doing tequila slammers. Shot the tequila, lemon followed then he snorted the salt. No idea why he thought the barman was dishing out cocaine on beer mats for free but funny as fck even if he was already hammered.

 

[grantl]

thats another one you can start teaching in your courses feargus.... cocaine rinse hahahaha

Sounds like a grand idea. Looking forward to my visit in May even more now Feargus ;-)

 

[kookiebrew]

whole new meaning saying your bringing your own gear....

 

[Derekn]

whole new meaning saying your bringing your own gear....

I had to look it up to make sure I wasn't imagining it was cocaine...this is from a medical text:

The nasal cavities are first sprayed with 10% cocaine and 1:1000 adrenaline solution
and left for 3-4 minutes. This leads to shrinkage of the mucosa and facilitates insertion of
cotton wool into the inferior meatus and drainage from the middle meatus through the natural
ostium. Pledgets of cotton wool soaked in 10% cocaine and 1:1000 adrenaline solution can
be placed along the inferior meatus and left for a further 4 minutes. Alternatively, 25%
cocaine paste on silver wire wool carriers or Tumarkin wires can be placed in the nasal
cavity, ideally one at the genu of the inferior turbinate and one approximated to the
sphenopalatine ganglion at the posterior end of the middle meatus and turbinate.
Cocaine may cause adverse side-effects. Gastric absorption is more rapid than that
from nasal mucosa so excessive cocaine trickling down the nasopharynx should be avoided.
The maximal dose of cocaine for an adult is usually between 100 and 200 mg or up to 3
mg/kg. Malleable silver wires should be used in the nose, so that if the patient collapses this
does not result in damage from wires being pushed through the cribriform plate

I don't remember passing out but I did feel very woosy afterwards :crutch

 

[zaratustra]

I had to look it up to make sure I wasn't imagining it was cocaine...this is from a medical text:

The nasal cavities are first sprayed with 10% cocaine and 1:1000 adrenaline solution
and left for 3-4 minutes. This leads to shrinkage of the mucosa and facilitates insertion of
cotton wool into the inferior meatus and drainage from the middle meatus through the natural
ostium. Pledgets of cotton wool soaked in 10% cocaine and 1:1000 adrenaline solution can
be placed along the inferior meatus and left for a further 4 minutes. Alternatively, 25%
cocaine paste on silver wire wool carriers or Tumarkin wires can be placed in the nasal
cavity, ideally one at the genu of the inferior turbinate and one approximated to the
sphenopalatine ganglion at the posterior end of the middle meatus and turbinate.
Cocaine may cause adverse side-effects. Gastric absorption is more rapid than that
from nasal mucosa so excessive cocaine trickling down the nasopharynx should be avoided.
The maximal dose of cocaine for an adult is usually between 100 and 200 mg or up to 3
mg/kg. Malleable silver wires should be used in the nose, so that if the patient collapses this
does not result in damage from wires being pushed through the cribriform plate

I don't remember passing out but I did feel very woosy afterwards :crutch

And how much is that treatment now? Could be worth to visit

 

[Derekn]

Just found this....its exactly the procedure I remember. Watch from 9 minutes onwards for the dose of cocaine:

[ame=http://youtu.be/Nv3gEuPE2_w]NOSE AND SINUS CLINICAL PROCEDURES - PART I - SINUS IRRIGATION - YouTube[/ame]

I'll have to go along to see Feargus doing this in his classes :blackeye

 

[kookiebrew]

it starts off like a 70's porn film with the music...lol tell your patient there will be no pain but wet and messy....cmon this has gotta be a p**s take

 

[Derekn]

Nah...its for real, I remember once the doctor had his knee on the chair and forcing the needle through the bone with all his weight behind it. Think that was the last time I had it done...Thank god for Flixonase and Neti Pots

 

[foxfish]

Mate that was gross :yack

 

[kookiebrew]

just got a bag of dilisk from the fish van that calls locally... has anybody ever tried to pick some themsleves... i know someone touched on it few weeks back... is all seaweed edible... just incase i do try and end up poisoning myself... we used to pick loads of perriwinkles when we were younger... boil them up in water and sit for an hr picking them from the shells with a pin... real tasty

 

[johnnybuoy]

Yep myself and my father used to eat dillisk. Very nice too. You can eat carrageen, kelp and sea lettuce too but I've yet to try these. Let me know how they taste kookie........

 

[johnnybuoy]

Who's up for a weekends spearing in west cork this summer?? Get the ball rolling and decide on a date.......

 

[Derekn]

Yep, count me in. Really enjoyed last year, this time I'll stay a little longer though

 

[zaratustra]

Who's up for a weekends spearing in west cork this summer?? Get the ball rolling and decide on a date.......

I am in :martial:martial:martial:martial

 

[vasile]

I'm in,due to the fact I'm there nearly every two weeks...