The clip of stirring instant noodles while Simon is talking about a guys guts bleeding was absolutely out of pocket... LMAO

@jessgunn6639

Ай бұрын

Made me hungry they looked really good lol

@kellybraun7048

Ай бұрын

I think it was actually more nauseating than real guts for me bc strong imagination + deeply focused on the story (less on the visual), the idea of someone mixing intestines (on a living person) like that… 🤮 That said, I plan on having ramen for lunch tomorrow. 😂

@HSamee

Ай бұрын

The wistler has become unhinged. 🤪

@enlightendbel

Ай бұрын

You can take 1 guess what I was doing while watching this video.

@ZomBeeNature

Ай бұрын

Even though I saw your comment first, it still made me jump! 😳

I cut my own hair once

@bboi1489

Ай бұрын

I can't imagine. Hope you feel better.

@calebbean1384

Ай бұрын

I did that last night. It was so painful

@user-wo3jj6nf2o

Ай бұрын

I always do now. Helps that I practically buzz cut it 😂

@markkarasik2211

Ай бұрын

😎I get good and toasted before I cut mine…I cut mine all the time…

@bdrenfro

Ай бұрын

I usually wipe when I'm done.

This guy had the best story in the room at every party for the rest of his life.

@juanenriquez6160

Ай бұрын

Hands down! Lol

@johnanon658

Ай бұрын

For REAL!

@furinick

Ай бұрын

Imagine being his kid "Dad thid hurts" "Oh that hurts, i had to remove my own appendix"

@MunkeeMedia

27 күн бұрын

Yeah unfortunately EVERYONE already knows 😂

The narration of him finding his appendix by hand almost made me pass out. I had to sit down. That man was made of steel.

@DefenseFren

Ай бұрын

Agreed. The narration and storytelling were compelling. I also found the afterward very insightful.

@jessgunn6639

Ай бұрын

THERE was a woman years back had to give herself a mastectomy in the antartic due to a rapid spreading breast cancer, she would have been dead by the time they could have got her out

@IncredibleFlyinSquid

Ай бұрын

​@@jessgunn6639 Jerri Nielsen did not perform a mastectomy on herself. Her mastectomy happened after she was evacuated from Antarctica due to a staphylococcal infection.

@jessgunn6639

Ай бұрын

@@IncredibleFlyinSquid Was it just the lumpectomy she did? i remember watching her perform some surgery on the national geographic documentery they did

@botsharing1702

Ай бұрын

I'm feeling my appendix so hard right now, wtf!

This is medical equivalent of realizing that you need an adult, but that you're the adult 😂

@UwUImShio

3 күн бұрын

If doctors won't treat me then I will

Total example of the saying "physician, heal thyself". Strong man to not pass out and die. As well as something he would remember for the rest of his life.

@Queenmebonnie

12 күн бұрын

Imagine if he had died and the poor person who would have discovered this scene 😮

As someone who has had severe appendicitis, the will of this man is astonishing.

@barlotardy

Ай бұрын

Seriously. All I was able to do was writhe on the floor and sweat.

@windhelmguard5295

Ай бұрын

as someone who had appendicitis thrice (i was too small for the three holes thingy the first two times and they didn't want to gut me like a fish) and several instances of cracked and infected wisdom teeth, i can say at some point the pain gets so bad you'll do anything to make it stop. one time I lanced an abscess in my gums with a box cutter after dunking it in paint thinner and setting it on fire, hurt like hell (tasted like death too) but then there was instant relief, doubt i could pull off my own appendectomy though, I'm not very good at sowing.

@Silverhornet81

Ай бұрын

I was only able to curl up in the fetal position until my mom took me to the doctor.

@trashboat115

Ай бұрын

​@@windhelmguard5295why paint thinner of all things to use for the fire tho

@brianlittleforest631

Ай бұрын

@Lil-Dragon agreed. I have found Appendicitis to be . . . A humbling experience. No way I'd be able to do that surgery. And I caught mine fairly early as my Opa and father have both had it so I knew exactly what it felt like.

Certified BADASS. Didn't even want credit for his badassery.

When mine went I got stupid and drove home 45 miles puking, with a high fever. By time I got to the house I just hit the horn till someone came out. This was 4 AM and finally my father came out and found me unconscious. An ambulance was called and I just made it to the hospital before it burst. Made a full recovery after 6 weeks. Dumbass me forgot that 1 mile from where I was working was a level one trauma center.

@WouldntULikeToKnow.

Ай бұрын

High fevers will scramble your brain!

The Ramen noodles was the chef's kiss for pictorial description

Granddad had his appendix removed in a WW2 PoW camp in Germany. No anesthesia and considering the scar sewing things back together wasn't a priority eitherr. At least this guy had a proper skilled doctor doing the work.

@trashboat115

Ай бұрын

Why would nazis of all ppl care to do that

@Legitpenguins99

Ай бұрын

​@@trashboat115they treated western allied soldiers according to the Geneva convention believe it or not.

@fabiof.8152

Ай бұрын

​@@trashboat115 because believe it or not, nazis were human beings too. Terrible human beings towards certain groups, but human beings nonetheless.

@jellyfishfields5657

Ай бұрын

@@trashboat115bargaining chips to get your own back. Wanna keep them alive i guess

This doctor is one of the most metal people I've ever heard of

I have been awake for a major surgery. when I was 7 months pregnant, I developed appendicitis. Drs decided it would be to risky to put me under but they decided on giving me a heavy epidural. There is nothing wilder than a surgeon talking to you while your cut open. I’ve given birth and appendicitis pain is a close second

@guzma_sucks

Ай бұрын

This is why I can’t go through pregnancy the amount of horror stories I’ve heard are insane

@voshadxgathic

Ай бұрын

Being that far along, did you manage to heal well enough in time to deliver, or did it complicate the birth?

@prettypuff1

Ай бұрын

@@voshadxgathic I was able delivery safely and I went over my due date

@nmxsanchez

Ай бұрын

​@prettypuff1 thats incredible! Thanks for sharing. I'm glad you're doing well.

@Lily-ow5wm

Ай бұрын

Just recovering right now, the pain is unreal

This story has always fascinated me as a doctor . We say the most difficult step in an appendectomy is finding the appendix. It can be so frustrating to locate sometimes and he doing that in that situation is mind blowing

I still can’t believe so many people went under surgery without any actual painkillers or anesthesia back in the day. Just think about how insanely painful a wound can feel AFTER coming out of surgery even WITH painkillers. Not too long ago I broke my foot and leg really bad and underwent 4 different surgeries. The pain was unbearable even tho they gave me the maximum amount of meds my body could take. That experience easily was a 9,5/10 on the pain index but using that scale getting the same treatment without modern medicine would crack a 50/10.

@castleanthrax1833

Ай бұрын

True, but the surgeries we perform today only exist because of modern anaesthesia. If you couldn't perform it quickly (like an amputation), it often didn't happen.

@SeanBZA

Ай бұрын

@@castleanthrax1833 Yes those old doctors had it down to under a minute to amputate a limb.

@pv2639

Ай бұрын

Maybe you just soft

@WouldntULikeToKnow.

Ай бұрын

​@@pv2639 I doubt it. 4 surgeries is intense. Maybe you're just rude.

@SeanBZA

Ай бұрын

@@pv2639 We will hope you tell your doctor that next time you need any surgery or such.

Another incredible story about someone self treating in Antarctica is Jerri Nielsen. She discovered she had breast cancer while stationed there but it would have been months before any help could arrive or she could leave so she administered who own chemotherapy. It worked and she was in remission until it returned some years later in her brain and liver.

Had my appendix removed at age 9… I almost died because my mom thought I had food poisoning. Was in pain for 4 days… This story made me emotional. What a brave man. #Salute

@mapratt

Ай бұрын

Fortunately, my mom was a registered nurse...

@spiritus_iris

Ай бұрын

My mother thought I have some flu, therefore I had fever, so my appendix actually exploded inside of me 😬 I was 4 and my 16yo sister called the ambulance because my mother was sure it's "not a big deal" 😅

@AlexirLife

Ай бұрын

Was your Mum a nurse? My Mum was a nurse, if we didn't have bone sticking out or were profusely bleeding it was a bandaid & flavine & of you go 😅😅😅😅 We survived....

@TerellClayton

Ай бұрын

@@AlexirLife 😂 No, she wasn’t. I was trying to tough it out.

@TerellClayton

Ай бұрын

@@spiritus_irisWowwww! Glad you’re still here! ❤

I couldn't even imagine, but I have heard a story of another doctor who self-operated, albeit in much less extreme circumstances. Around the turn of the 1900s, the grandfather of a family friend was a practicing physician in the microscopic hamlet of Nowhere, North Ontario. He had been blessed with a large family, but he had enough by child #8 and decided to get himself fixed. The problem was, the area was extremely catholic and none of the other doctors would perform the operation. Frustrated, the good Doctor Stitt returned to his office with a bottle of whiskey, a mirror, and a mission, which he apparently performed in less than twenty minutes.

@wholeNwon

Ай бұрын

No condoms?

@glitchyglitch1235

Ай бұрын

@@wholeNwon Turn of the 1900s, safe sex wasn't really a thing back then.

@wholeNwon

Ай бұрын

@@glitchyglitch1235 Condoms have been available since before the Civil War.

@Narangarath

Ай бұрын

​@@wholeNwon Not back then, no. And Simon's favorite aka coitus interruptis is only about 75% effective.

@wholeNwon

Ай бұрын

@@Narangarath Google the history of condoms. And he was a physician so surely he knew.

Who would have ever thought, a vestigial appendage, could cause such misery. I just don't know what I would have done in such a situation. But I am also glad that the good doctor brought about reform. 👍

@scarlet_phonavis6734

Ай бұрын

Vestigal? Maybe for a first worlder lol

I removed a cyst on top of my head. That was a bloody mess during the surgery. It was an interesting experience. The worst part was scraping my skull to remove all the cyst material.

@TheDragonSeer

Ай бұрын

Oh God

@UwUImShio

Ай бұрын

Once my wounds got infected and a nurse scraped the gunk out with a blade. T was definitely worse than getting the actual wound

If you're ever thinking you're kind of a badass just compare yourself to this guy.

Another great video Simon and crew! In a book called "Subs and Submariners", there's the story of a USN submarine crossing the Pacific ocean during WWII, and 1 of the crew developed appendicitis. On board there was a pharmaceutical chemist who, during his university training had witnessed an apendoctomy. So when the submarine surfaced at night, the p. chemist received instructions from a doctor over the sub's radio, and he proceeded to remove the offending organ. The operation was a success.

@lynsijaynesimpson

Ай бұрын

That's amazing!!!

@lynsijaynesimpson

Ай бұрын

Can't seem to find the book though 😔 x

It was literally do or die and he did it. Dude had balls of steel 🥺

Not gonna lie. I had to stop the video twice due to feeling uneasy...I'm even a bit queasy rethinking it....wow what a legend. Wow.

6:47 I'm never going to be able to look at Supernoodles the same again.

That is definitely someone who deserves to be remembered. Absolute legend!

It's rare this channel gives us a story of something positive, but this guy deserves it. I'd always heard about someone giving themselves an appendectomy, but I'd never heard the full story before. That was really cool. Thank you to Simon and his team for highlighting it.

I do autopsies as my job, so i see appendix scars all the time, and knowing where the appendix is, he would have had to move the layer of fat over your bowel, his small bowel would need to be held aside, and found the cecum (the first part of the large bowel) to find the appendix. That is a lot of...uh, digging, to do. At 27 years old and a practising doctor for a year. Fuck me, that man had balls of steel and will to live.

That noodles shot timing is epic 🤣🤣

Nothing but respect for this absolute chad of a doctor.

@aq5426

Ай бұрын

Absolutely! He's pry being a combat medic in Valhalla right now, given how friggin' ballsy he was.

The mixing of noodles is insane 😮

oh hell yeah this is one of my favourite crazy moments in modern medical history

I’d think having an emergency surgery studio and medical staff would be a thing in Antarctica (or eventually space), sure you can remove the appendix beforehand but there’s plenty of other medical emergencies that might arise. Seems odd to focus on that specific one, although I guess since it already happened that’s the one people focus on.

@ryanrigley

Ай бұрын

I think it's because it's a pretty common illness that pops up. My appendix ruptured at age 16, and remains the most painful, dangerous situation I have been in.

@claytonberg721

Ай бұрын

They have a full medical staff at McMurdo nowadays. 3 doctors and 2 nurses, a dentist, a dental assistant and a pharmacist. Only the doctors have to have their appendixes out, and that's only in the winter when they can't get a C-130 or a C-17 there in a matter of hours.

@newshodgepodge6329

Ай бұрын

What about the doctor who found a lump on her breast while stationed in Antarctica, and had to trust her lumpectomy to a non physician colleague who reportedly practiced on a potato before the surgery? It seems that the simplest remedy would be to require that each research station have a minimum of two physicians posted there.

Incredible story. 23 years in healthcare and I know that you have to do what you have to do with what you have. I’ve never heard anything about him. He’s very courageous.

I thought that the lesson learned from this ordeal would have been always have two doctors on staff incase one required emergency surgery. Silly me lol.

@houseplant1016

Ай бұрын

Lmfao, right! Good to know I wasn't the only one who thought that...

I've always been in awe of this story, makes me proud to be a human. You brought it to life so well, awesome vid.

Simon was born to narrate this insane story of medical toughness.

When you have no other option, it’s quite amazing what the human will can accomplish. As a side note, I’m amazed he even made it to Antarctica without the weight of his iron balls sinking the expedition vessel.

This guy is an absolute badass. Like Legendary

i will never forgive your editor for the Ramen

Every time I hear stories about this it blows my mind cause when I had appendicitis I didn’t have nearly the level of pain people talk about. Uncomfortable, dull ache but not this horrible pain everyone talks about. I almost didn’t even go get help but my wife forced me. By the time they figured out what it was and operated on me it had burst. If I had waited any longer I would have probably died.

I’ can’t imagine doing this. I had a C-section and the spinal wore off and they refused to give me more or I’d have overdosed. I felt EVERY CUT. Every pull. Every yank… everything. I was screaming like a feral beast but I eventually passed out and went into shock. To imagine what this man did is absolutely insane. Absolutely insane

Seeing cases such as this really does show the true grit and determination for a human's need to survive longer he didn't only put himself to the side so he could make it so that he could be the doctor for the rest of his term but his assistance truly went above and beyond to assist him in such a matter it is an amazing story and it just shows that she is stubbornness of the Russian people they do not wish to die and they will not die

That’s true human ingenuity and determination.

Thankyou for mentioning the assistants. Usually they get a cursory mention if anything and they were amazing 🥇

Absolute legend.

One of the most badass actions of all time

Autoappendectomy has to be the most terrifying procedure name I think I've ever heard.

This fella is the definition of ‘Legend’

Argument against intelligent design: the appendix

I was 14 when my appendix was removed. The pain was all intense, even with laparoscopic surgery the pain when using my abdominal muscles was almost unbearable while healing. I guess the survival instinct is stronger than the fear of pain in some.

I'm amazed how he didn't went into shock or passed out from the pain... that's some steel nerves damn

Literally the definition of someone who's just built different 😮

I think it’s rebound tenderness that you’re talking about Simon, which is where it hurts more when you *stop pressing* (remove pressure) on the abdomen where the appendix is located.

I think a lot of people would have tried this... its just bloody impressive that he did it and survived...

Having split and pulled out my own ingrown toenail without anesthetics I can totally feel the physical impact of that pain to your ability to even move your hands.. Holy shit this dude fumbled with his intestines while feeling it….

He was incredible, the rest of the people involved were almost as awesome.

my dad worked in Antarctica briefly and he was required to have all his wisdom teeth removed before going for this same reason, so that no one would ever risk being stuck in Antarctica and needing serious oral surgery.

I’ve stitched myself up before but have not had to perform surgery yet. But I’ve still got time!!!

There’s a similar story of someone having to do the same surgery on himself during active combat. It was either wwll or Vietnam I can’t remember.

Have you heard about Jock McLaren. WW2 he escaped from a Japanese POW camp twice, cross 400 miles of sea, joined up with some Americans fighters in the jungle. Had to take his appendix out with a pen knife and a mirror tied to his knee. It took 4.5 hours.

I can't even imagine doing this. Granted I'm not a doctor but digging inside myself to find the bit that's infected and cut it out? I can only imagine that I'd die before I could manage it even if I knew exactly how to do it

Total freaking unit. What a story…

I was brushing my daughter's hair when this video came on my playlist. I had to stop for a second. That part when the pain meds ran out made my skin crawl.

How about the dentist who did all her own dentistry, including root canals as well.

Sounds like a good story for a movie.

Reminds me of the Dr. House episode where House tries to remove tumors from his leg in his own bathtub. Probably the hardest scene to watch in the series.

@cmondevils

Ай бұрын

Least it wasn't lupus 😆

Love the drama!

I've operated on myself with a mirror and an assistant and I can tell you it's difficult. Everything changes with blood and inflammed tissues (I have no operative experience). Mine was minor and superficial but it took 3 goes to finish it. It is a remarkable story.

Appendicitis suuucks. Had it at 17. I thought I was simply sick and didnt get a wink of sleep. The doctors gave me thirty minutes to pee for a urine sample but the pain was too much to urinate so I had to opt for a catheter. Then afterwards came the lovely tube and bag coming out of my stomach for the drainage. So glad it only happens once.

Guys a damn legend.

As someone that had appendicitis over 6 DAYS, I absolutely WOULD have removed my own! There is NO way it would have hurt worse than what I was going through already! If the seizures didn’t keep me from doing so and I actually knew what was going on, that is! Worst pain I have ever experienced! 100x worst than Stag-horn Kidney Stones!

well there goes yakisoba for me

An Australian woman did a biopsy to diagnose her own breast cancer & treated herself with chemo while in the Antarctic. I think it was in the late 90's 🤔

If you ever have a bad day at work, remember this story. Also, the ramen was a nice touch.

Physician Heal Thyself Indeed. WOWZERS!

Honestly, people will do some insane things when facing death or in unbearable pain. There's cases of people drilling into or ripping out their own teeth, a guy who cut off his own arm when it got trapped under a rock and he was going to die soon of dehydration. People will eat each other if they are stranded and starving. It's amazing what people can be pushed to do when it really comes down to it

@kellym.7113

Ай бұрын

I pulled my own tooth once. With pliers. It was badly infected and I had no dental insurance and it was during Covid and the nearest dental clinic for low income people was not taking new patients. The infection was so bad my entire face hurt. It felt better almost immediately after pulling it.

Absolutely wild this story doesn't end in tragedy. Self surgery must be painful beyond any of our understanding, and then to have to be precise? Cut exactly correctly. Make good stitches. Etc. And this is as pain medication is fading and he can't even see the area correctly. Why not just toss him some timed calculus equations while we're at it? I realize this is on Into the Shadows but I find this story motivating/inspirational. Whatever hurts or is difficult or as bad as a day gets, well, I didn't have to do THAT. He endured and so can I. Between this and the recent Shackleton episode we have some great Antarctic survival vibes for Simon. 11:21

I'm typically pretty okay when listening to stories about blood and gore, but this. This one. Once you mentioned he used his fingers to feel around I just needed...a moment. Or two.

Omg just wow

What a wild story

I’m surprised this event isn’t portrayed/ referenced in a lot of horror films/ video games, you’d think this be ideal of a short story scene in something.

@windhelmguard5295

Ай бұрын

i mean there are a few examples, like in dead space or resident evil 4, but yea it's rarely used.

@stealthyfuck3217

Ай бұрын

Alien also had something similar

well now im never eating noodles again, thanks editor

first found out about him a few years ago while my friends and i were searching online for people who died on the days we were born and who would've theoretically been our past life. he passed away on the day i was born but that begs the question did he pass away in the morning or at night (had i been born yet when he passed?) interesting stuff, love your videos as always!❤️

I have fibromyalgia. I think I could do this without fear or pain relief because pain is nothing new. But I hope I never have too.

@houseplant1016

Ай бұрын

An open stomach isn't only hurtful, but you also gotta be mentally strong. Are you really ready to push your own intestines back to the right place?

@madamsuna6434

Ай бұрын

@@houseplant1016 did something like that during my c section. I cracked a joke on the table and laughed and my insides became outsides

Damn. . . this dude is _the real_ Badass Motherf*cker. . . legend. Credit to his assistants too! Can't imagine how shocking or gruesome that would have been for someone without prior exposure to open surgery. . .

There was a pretty good episode of House based around this premise.

I used to debride my MRSA wounds. I even created a hole in my arm near one to allow a vent so that would drain. It had created a vacuum, and thus wasn’t healing due to lack of drainage.

This guy has balls of steel

Thanks for the upload. Currently off work with appendicitis. I will be getting it removed later on after the infection subsides. I never want to take flagyl again. It's the nastiest antibiotic I have ever taken.

@WouldntULikeToKnow.

Ай бұрын

Feel better soon!

@brianlittleforest631

Ай бұрын

@WouldntULikeToKnow Thank you. I'm almost through the script. Only 2 days left now.

@Lily-ow5wm

Ай бұрын

Hows it’s going ,I’m currently recovering

Holy shit! That's incredible!

Not the instant noodles 😅

3:56 you have the press test a little wrong, for anyone playing along at home the actual test is to poke the area and put a little pressure on it, the difference being that if its your appendix the pain will get markedly worse when the person lets go or releases the pressure or stops poking you. a bad appendix won't hurt when you poke it, it will hurt when you LET GO and it has a chance to flop against the lining thats inflamed again (the one that the jump test mentions i forget its name)

@prettypuff1

22 күн бұрын

. the real pain takes a second to kick in once they release the area. That pain is horrible

As someone with a surgical education and someone that died many times from a series of issues that stemmed from appendicitis... these supposed signs and signals often don't indicate anything.

That dude has balls of steel.

This is wild

Badass man. I laughed when the spaghetti was popped up during the narration about moving the intestines.

For some reason the applied pressure part for me was the opposite. When my mother held her hand onto my side the pain got better. When she took it away it returned bad.

The Australian Antarctic Territory Acceptance Act 1933 came into effect from 24 August 1936, and established the area we now know as the Australian Antarctic Territory.

You should do a vid on the Siege of Suiyang for this channel