Two weeks ago friday marks a day that nearly ended my life.
I went to do a co2 inflation and used the peaken mini inflator I bought from amazon.
I gradually opened the valve nothing was coming out then all of a sudden if just all went in and next thing I know I was staring down and blood was pouring out my right side of the scrotum skin was ripped apart.
I ended up being rushed to hospital Friday lunchtime and underwent emergency surgery with local anaesthetic to have my scrotum stitchec back together.
I spent until Sunderland lunchtime on iv drips.
Nearly died
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Re: Nearly died
Hey, first I want to say thanks for sharing this experience here, and glad you're okay. This is a shared interest for some of us; it's exciting, it's taboo, and certainly dangerous on multiple levels. We owe it to ourselves to try to reduce the risks as much as possible.
I tried to look up the inflator you used, I'm assuming it's a CO2 tire inflator with the lever. I used a similar model my very first time I tried injecting N2O, and I couldn't easily control the flow. I knew I had to change something to make it more manageable. I imagined what the worst case scenario would look like with an unregulated CO2 device.
Please, for anyone doing gas infusion: you need to incorporate a regulator.
I tried to look up the inflator you used, I'm assuming it's a CO2 tire inflator with the lever. I used a similar model my very first time I tried injecting N2O, and I couldn't easily control the flow. I knew I had to change something to make it more manageable. I imagined what the worst case scenario would look like with an unregulated CO2 device.
Please, for anyone doing gas infusion: you need to incorporate a regulator.
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Re: Nearly died
I'm glad to hear you're still with us. Do take it easy and recover well.
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Re: Nearly died
I'm off topic, but thanks for the experience. I advise everyone to check how it works before use, or to do a test on very small volumes.
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Re: Nearly died
I used before and worked OK I think something went wrong with valve.
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Re: Nearly died
Exactly why a pressure regulator of some kind should be between you and the hundreds of PSI in the tire inflator. Failsafes are important.
You got lucky this time and walked away alive - don't make the same mistake twice.
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Re: Nearly died
Yeah, for the love of god, always add in either a pressure regulator or a needle valve to your setup. It will let you adjust the gas flow down to almost nothing for a nice slow and steady flow.
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Re: Nearly died
Hi Imppump,
glad that you are (still) alive
glad that you are (still) alive
One can't second that enoughTx_IntactGuy wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:43 pm ... pressure regulator ... between you and the hundreds of PSI in the tire inflator. Failsafes are important.
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Re: Nearly died
This is exactly the right thing to have. Very good idea.JimmyJones wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 9:52 am Yeah, for the love of god, always add in either a pressure regulator or a needle valve to your setup. It will let you adjust the gas flow down to almost nothing for a nice slow and steady flow.