Since #162 is so relevant to me I'm going to share my thoughts on it.
Unfortunately I suffered a dislocation of my right shoulder In my first year of uni whilst playing in a Hockey match. Interestingly it sounded akin to the noise train tracks as a train approaches that section, a sort of reverberating pinging noise. This was the first time I went on one of those Twilight drugs and it is very bizarre to know that something happened but not be aware of it. I was told by my doctor that 90% of individuals under the age of 50 who dislocate a joint will do it again. The problem is that the ligaments holding the joints together work a little like BluTac so when stretched they don't go back to their original length, leaving the joint loose. This is essentially a vicious circle, the more it comes out the more the bits stretch making the joint looser and more likely to dislocate again.
I was fortunate (for the point of this discussion) to have it redislocated in a festival Mosh Pit. The festival was at a racetrack which had it's own trauma center. There the physician (who on a normal day is employed to stop racing drivers dying) had me straddle a chair with the back sticking into my armpit, he then pulled the arm down and away from my body with the hope that the top of the chairs back would lift the arm part back into the shoulder socket. Which it did, I can tell you the sensation of having a shoulder relocate after being out for half an hour is as good as an orgasm. It feels, so good!
There's actually a lot more I could say about the physical mechanics of this and the various drug experiences associated but I don't want this post to be too long.
My current job as I wait to be employed by the FAA as a controller is a Flight Dispatcher. And one of my jobs is dealing with the bullshit of an aircraft rocking up at the wrong airfield. Even though it's an annoyance it usually only takes between 10-20 minutes to fully sort out. Those 10-20 are insanely busy and stressful but it still gets sorted out fairly quickly. Sometimes you need to really to think abstractly to solve a specific problem but there is always a solution. i.e. if your aircraft diverts to a tarmac strip in the middle of nowhere Angola where they only accept local currency and all your crew has is Euro. Hand over all the food and soft drinks on the aircraft. Diet Coke and chocolate is as valued as money in some parts of the world.
I was fortunate (for the point of this discussion) to have it redislocated in a festival Mosh Pit. The festival was at a racetrack which had it's own trauma center. There the physician (who on a normal day is employed to stop racing drivers dying) had me straddle a chair with the back sticking into my armpit, he then pulled the arm down and away from my body with the hope that the top of the chairs back would lift the arm part back into the shoulder socket. Which it did, I can tell you the sensation of having a shoulder relocate after being out for half an hour is as good as an orgasm. It feels, so good!
Sorry to lower the tone but are we saying this "extreme" stranger would be doing the deed with a dislocated shoulder followed by a relocation at the moment of *cough* crisis, or just dislocating and relocating for the sake of the relocation relief?
