Andrew ,'Damage'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
No reason you can't make a corset out of duct tape.
A friend of mine did precisely this. She used plastic boning that was also from the hardware store. I helped her hammer in the grommets. It looked darn good. (She did use a corset she already owned as a pattern.)
Singapore?
No. I honestly can't remember for sure where it was, but I know it was in the US--Orlando, maybe?
No reason you can't make a corset out of duct tape.
A friend of mine made her prom dress out of duct tape and black and white photographs she had taken.
FRANKENBUDDHA-- I ruptured my spleen in a sledding accident when I was 12, so don't have one. As organs go, it's pretty expendable. It holds damaged blood cells in reserve, so it comes in handy with serious illness. I got extra sick with mono because of my spleenless state, and I have to have a couple of extra immunizations every five years. Other than that and the big honking scar on my belly, no difference.
Whoops - came back to move my post but it was gone. About what Robin said, though.
I know that, in old-fashioned systems of "science", the spleen was very important in the manufacture of rage. So, by losing her spleen, your friend may become a calmer person!
(I knew a kid in 7th grade who had a bike accident and surgery similar to what Robin describes. He came through fine, and did not have a personality change, either.)
Frankenbuddha, I hope your friend recovers quickly. When I was a little kid my cousin (who was an adult) had to have his spleen removed. He was fine and is still going strong. My main memory of it was that I decided for some reason that the spleen was in your thigh. I have no idea what made me think this. But I held on to the belief for years!
But if your lose your spleen, where will the magic go?
So like a Gall Bladder then, or slightly more useful? But not a liver or a pancreas (the pancreas is a required organ too, right) and not as expendable as the appendix (which is a waste of the little space it takes).
Whew, that's good to know. Sounds like if she's out of ICU she should be OK.
I know that, in old-fashioned systems of "science", the spleen was very important in the manufacture of rage. So, by losing her spleen, your friend may become a calmer person!
Ooh, that would make me so mad!
Except I couldn't get mad.
Which would make me even madder!
Analysis: Spleen is v. important in the prevention of head explosion.