Hello everyone

anthony paul · Post by **anthony paul** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:04 am

What's up Burning Men and Women (hehe)?
This year will be my first BM event, and I am pretty excited about it. I've heard nothing but awesome things about it, and the friends of mine that have gone in the past have sworn allegiance to BM. lol

Anyways, it is going to be a fun time and I hope to meet some of you in the near future.

8)

Post by **Elderberry** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:05 am

Hey there, welcome to eplaya!

JK

anthony paul · Post by **anthony paul** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:12 am

Thanks! This is a nice forum. I'm probably going to get lost in here for a few hours, at least lol

Medium · Post by **Medium** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:35 am

Wow, and already I can smell the bacon frying...

anthony paul · Post by **anthony paul** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:40 am

Mmm you made me hungry...

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:12 am

Greetings A.P. welcome to eplaya. Yes, it's easy to get lost in here for hrs on end, lots of good reading and tidbits. Lots of sage advice in these parts, you can also pick up stuff in the Tribe groups, at least when their not melting down

mercury_988 · Post by **mercury_988** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:44 am

hey is your avatar picture a big piece of metal in your arm? or is it someoneelses arm? because it looks super cool and its making me want to take pictures of my x-rays or somehting

mercury_988 · Post by **mercury_988** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:47 am

is that avatar an x-ray of your arm? with a big chunk of metal in it? because it looks super cool!

Medium · Post by **Medium** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:19 am

Yeah, its an x-ray taken in December. He destroyed that arm in a snowboarding accident... I'll let him tell the rest of the story.

mercury_988 · Post by **mercury_988** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:41 am

thats pretty crazy! he should hurry up and post that story. i have a pile of titanium too but my story is prolly a lot less dramatic.

anthony paul · Post by **anthony paul** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:19 am

Haha yea that's me alright. A friend and I went snowboarding at the end of November, because the resort opened 2 weeks early. WOO HOO! Well, we went for the day and about an hour before we were to leave, I hit a jump and put too much weight on the front of the board (don't ask how).

I flipped head over heels and tried stopping myself with my hand but that broke my wrist. I then landed on my shoulder, dislocating it, and fracturing it. It was awesome! I couldn't move it. No feeling at all. I was rushed to the nearest Hospital that was an hour away and they gave me morphine, or what I like to call awesome-phine. :lol:

I had to wait about a week till they could do surgery, and I have been in physical therapy for about 4 weeks now. If you check my myspace page, you can see all the pictures from it in the album called "snowboarding trip" or something like that. It hasn't stopped me from playing out or anything though. Made it more challenging, actually, to DJ with one arm :lol:

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:46 am

I guess you finished the season ahead of schedule.

anthony paul · Post by **anthony paul** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 5:18 am

Unfortunately

mercury_988 · Post by **mercury_988** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:39 am

thats pretty super cool XD

I have four pounds of titanium in my back but no dramatic accidents to tell anyone about.

anthony paul · Post by **anthony paul** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 4:09 am

Damn! I bet that's a pretty awesome x-ray.

mercury_988 · Post by **mercury_988** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 7:01 am

its definitly a trippy looking one. i think i have thirty something x-rays in my collection to date, but they wont let me sign out the file to copy them since its technically still in use.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 7:04 am

I know a guy that works in a crematory.
he says he finds all sorts of neat looking metal in the ashes.......wierd shapes and all..........

mercury_988 · Post by **mercury_988** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:21 pm

my dad and i tried to see if we could get my titanium engraved before they put it in but the doctor said no.

we thought it would be fun for the people who found them later (like your friend:) )

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:23 pm

I had my initials put in a gold crown for a molar........

Post by **mdmf007** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:23 pm

mercury_988 wrote:its definitly a trippy looking one. i think i have thirty something x-rays in my collection to date, but they wont let me sign out the file to copy them since its technically still in use.

Airport metal detectors must explode when you come through!

Thats chicken shit that they wouldnt let you engrave the titanium - I can understand the liability risk of infection though.

You do have the right to view the implants, and you also have access to your x-rays if you want them.

mercury_988 · Post by **mercury_988** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:30 pm

I have access to the files i just can't take them out of the hospital since I'm still an active patient. (or so they say, i think they just think theyre amazingly cool and want them all to themselves.)

I actually set off very few metal detectors. I'm not sure why. it depends on the sensitivity settings i suppose.

Post by **AntiM** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 4:00 am

LOL, MyLarry has so much natural iron in his body, he set off the metal detector in Madrid after he had removed everything but his clothes. Time for him to give blood again.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 5:02 am

They should let you have copies.
Ask a doctor.
They can sign them out.
MRI films copy very well to a blueprint machine and can then be photocopied and enlarged.
You may have to look around for one.

Tell them you want a traveling file you can carry with you.
You have a right to that.

Failing that, get the best camera you can and photograph there.

anthony paul · Post by **anthony paul** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:14 am

[quote="mercury_988"]I have access to the files i just can't take them out of the hospital since I'm still an active patient. (or so they say, i think they just think theyre amazingly cool and want them all to themselves.)
[/quote]

Yea this is B.S. They will let you have copies. The hospital is just being stupid if they don't let you have them. I paid like $10 or something, and I got 3 CD's of x-ray pictures. Ask them for copies, or something.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:28 pm

I have eight or ten cds and as far as I know they were free.

Of course, they are in German. And they were being carried along with whatever other medical records to my hospital here.

Seems like a while ago.

Artemis · Post by **Artemis** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 9:46 am

theCryptofishist wrote:Seems like a while ago.

I'm glad to hear that sometimes it does seem like a while ago.

olliecatt · Post by **olliecatt** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 2:05 pm

Hello all,
I am so excited about BM 2009, this will be my first time. All the information on the site and eplaya are great, but I am still a little confused about the camp thing. Were do all the virgins camp? Should we have a Virgin camp?
help a girl out!
thanks

thisisthatwhichis · Post by **thisisthatwhichis** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 2:15 pm

Hi and Welcome, Olliecat....

It's open camping, except for Theme Camps, so you can just find a spot and camp anywhere, but there....

A lot of people go on their own, many link up with others, thru here or Tribe or Regionals....... I think Stag Camp (mostly Virgins and Individuals) are going to be there this year. You can find their thread in the 2009 Theme camp thread.......

Welcome, and Enjoy!!!!!!

olliecatt · Post by **olliecatt** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 2:51 pm

Thanks!
I checked out the thread, but I am still confused

I think we are arriving on Thursday, I guess we just find a spot or is it best to try to find a camp to join?

thisisthatwhichis · Post by **thisisthatwhichis** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 3:09 pm

I recommend just finding a spot. You'll meet a lot of new people, and for your first year, Theme camps can be a lot of work...... But it's your choice......

Hello everyone

Hello everyone

Virgin

Stag Camp 2009?