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M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11035	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Mon, Nov 10, 2014 1:28 PM Kraken, you have a heck of a memory! I don't remember what I told you before so I will start at the very beginning :wink: It was 1998, I had my 40th birthday. I had always had "needle-phobia" bad enough that I passed out every time I gave blood. I decided I was a grown man, a black belt in karate; there was no reason to be afraid of a little needle. I was going to do my own exposure therapy so I gave blood for the first time in several years, I got my tetnus, flu and series of 3 hepatitis shots that I had been putting off. And I decided to pierce my own belly button. I work at a hospital so one night shift when I was working I went to the hypodermic needle cabinet and selected a nice 18 guage needle. But it was as big as a telephone pole so I put it back and got a smaller 21 guage. I stuck the needle through my belly button and pulled it out, but the hole closed up and I couldn't get the ring through. I put the needle back through my belly button and wiggled it all around to make the hole bigger but I still couldn't get the ring through. I went back to the cabinet and got the monster 18 guage, I pushed it through my belly button and wiggled it good but the ring STILL wouldn't go through the hole. So I poke the big needle back through for the 4th time. This time I put the wire of the ring into the lumen of the needle and pulled it back out the other side - SUCCESS! When I got off work in the morning I showed it to my wife and expected her to tell me how sexy it looked (remember, this was 1998). Her reply was "YOU GET THAT OUT OF THERE BEFORE THE CHILDREN SEE IT!!!" :lol:

Kraken, you have a heck of a memory!

I don't remember what I told you before so I will start at the very beginning :wink:

It was 1998, I had my 40th birthday. I had always had "needle-phobia" bad enough that I passed out every time I gave blood. I decided I was a grown man, a black belt in karate; there was no reason to be afraid of a little needle. I was going to do my own exposure therapy so I gave blood for the first time in several years, I got my tetnus, flu and series of 3 hepatitis shots that I had been putting off. And I decided to pierce my own belly button. I work at a hospital so one night shift when I was working I went to the hypodermic needle cabinet and selected a nice 18 guage needle. But it was as big as a telephone pole so I put it back and got a smaller 21 guage. I stuck the needle through my belly button and pulled it out, but the hole closed up and I couldn't get the ring through. I put the needle back through my belly button and wiggled it all around to make the hole bigger but I still couldn't get the ring through. I went back to the cabinet and got the monster 18 guage, I pushed it through my belly button and wiggled it good but the ring STILL wouldn't go through the hole. So I poke the big needle back through for the 4th time. This time I put the wire of the ring into the lumen of the needle and pulled it back out the other side - SUCCESS!

When I got off work in the morning I showed it to my wife and expected her to tell me how sexy it looked (remember, this was 1998). Her reply was "YOU GET THAT OUT OF THERE BEFORE THE CHILDREN SEE IT!!!" :lol:

Post #731182 by MadDogMike on Mon, Nov 10, 2014 1:28 PM