Greetings from Colorado Springs
Hello...
I'm not sure it's entirely customary to make an intro post, but it seems that some do and in any community there are those who want to know who they are talking to, so here we are.
I live in Colorado Springs, hold a degree in Mortuary Science, and am lucky enough to be effectively retired while I'm still young enough to enjoy it. This gives me a good amount of extra time to work on a variety of extracurricular interests. Oh, and regarding the moniker... it comes from a little side bit in the original Fallout game and ended up sticking to me shortly after I started embalming (my name is really common, so nicknames are a necessity).
Up until recently I have been working on building open hardware for my lab (and a lot of my own little customizations), working on non-implantables (tDCS, and the like), and have been mostly interested in BioHacking microorganisms as a way to get up to speed on the requisite tech and protocols. Recently I started in on building some scaffolds and working on some tissue engineering protocols with an eye toward "custom organs" - i.e. small, implantable, tissue engineered, patches of skin modified to produce some specific protein. The tissues being grown are currently from biopsies of my own tissue. It isn't working very well, but progress is being made... very, very slowly.
In addition to augmentation, I also have some interests in therapy for a few specific diseases.
As far as my experience as a grinder, it has been my custom to experiment using my own tissues where mammalian tissue is needed, and very little otherwise. I have also performed a number of small procedures on myself. I won't go into specifics, but I'm capable of biopsies, removal of small objects, and sutures on myself. I am confident that implants are not going to be much issue.
I'm preparing for my first implant (basic magnetic finger), but am more interested in future implants I have in mind and hope I can find some resource here to help with. As part of my prep for the magnetic finger, I've tested a few phenolic locals on myself and currently have a mix that numbs up a fingertip for about 72 hours - give or take 12. I want to get this down to about 48 before I use it.
I saw that there is at least one other person here in Colorado Springs... Hopefully there are others. It would be nice to build a local community to discuss face to face, and share resources... I lend you my PCR, you let me use your electrophoresis. That sort of thing. If you're here or close enough for comfort, hit me up and we'll see if we can't build a little pocket of people on the front range.
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I have a question. What do you guys (morticians) do with pacemakers? Specifically the ones with nuclear batteries? I've always wondered if there was a (mandatory) protocol for disposal or do you get to keep them?