Step-by step video of magnet install
I performed the procedure on May 15, 2011. I asked two friends of mine to film; a third friend with experience in the medical field provided supervision.
If this looks easy, it's not. The magnets slipped out of the incisions many times before I was able to hold them in place and suturing was extremely difficult one-handed. It's painful, it's stressful, it's dangerous.
I receive physical aid twice: to apply pressure on the magnet during insertion and to help tie a knot in the sutures. All tools have been sterilized prior.
installing magnets from Sovereign Bleak on Vimeo.
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Once I started being able to feel my laptop's hard drive spinning up it went away quite quickly. ",)
I do judo and lift weights, and putting 75kg+ of pressure on an implant doesn't seem a good idea...
I'd say anything with impact rather than loading would be worse.
Admittedly, I don't do parkour, but I do other forms of martial arts. I still plan to implant one; if for no other reason, to test whether they can take a high load.
As for other ways of getting electroreception, one way would be the active sensor that's been discussed a couple of times. Wikipedia also provides an important clue: I don't know if trying to mimic the design of those already existing in nature is practical, but I say that if natural selection has already solved the problem for us, we can use that as at least a start.
~Ian
Injecting lidocaine? Not dangerous? What I use for painful procedures sometimes, is an oily substance called SuperJuice3--contains Lidocaine Hypochoride 2%-Mezocaine Hypochloride 4%-Benzocaine 12%...
Witch brings me to a question, whats the diference between Lidocaine and Lidocaine Hypochloride?
I have to say to anyone who has no experience with this sort of thing (like me) it is going to hurt a lot if you do it your self. I collapsed into a mess half way through, light headed and nearly passing out. Haha. I composed myself to finish the implant off and sealed with super glue. Don't think I could have managed the stitch my self. The magnet is the 3.2 mm x 0.7 mm parylene coated one.
I have no intention of putting anybody off of doing this I just think its good to know what to expect so no surprises overcome you, I nearly gave up when I went light headed but my wife did a quick google and suggested I tense mayor muscle groups to combat low blood pressure which seemed to bring me round.
I used a size 15 scalpel and Placed the magnet in by hand then checked the position of the magnet with another magnet (dead centre). It doesn't realy hurt and hasn't gone numb etc. I did take two paracetamol 20 mins before starting. Fingers crossed for later.
Thanks for everything, everyone.
Cheew.
I work in surgery and am very used to these things, yet when I give blood for labs I nearly faint. It will be interesting to see how I mentally react to doing this myself.