Rehearsal Notes #3

A man tells of his experience having his tongue cut out: - Here
Tongue cut out - with images
Blog of a cancer victim with tongue removed

Comments:
"I've read about your concern with your partner's situation. I'm really sorry about the situation you are forced to be in. I can surely understand the anxiety in facing the future being tongueless. If it makes you feel better, I had a total glossectomy myself in 2008. Life has been tough but manageable. You just adjust to your new life without tongue. I have a slurring speech but understandable especially to your closed ones and a lot of time even strangers. However, nowadays, I can manage phone conversations as well and its difficult sometimes. 

Drinking, I can drink but it has to be done very slowly to prevent choking. I take most of my food through a PEG tube. I've been on the tube since March last year. You just have to keep positive and think of other ways in looking at life. I mean, there a lot more other things in life besides eating and drinking. For me now, its eat to live and not live to eat."http://rdoc.org.uk/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/46510549/m/303301373



The main concern about or response to violent tongue removal seems to be the excessive bloodloss that follows. Consider the idea that immediately after Warrington's tongue is cut out the stump might have been cauterized in order to keep him alive.

There is no definitive consensus on whether or not a person can speak after losing their tongue. It may depend on how much of the muscle was cut out, the amount of bloodloss and infection, and the personal determination of the individual. The person's ability to make sound of some kind does not seem to be in question, but actual speech (at some level of clarity) could be a matter of time and healing as well as several other mitigating factors.

Medical illustration of tongue removed

Sorry. Bad joke.

Rehearsal Notes #1

Adjutant -  (Military) an officer who acts as administrative assistant to a superior officer.  Abbreviations adjt adj

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjutant


Aerosol

The concept of a pressurized aerosol can has been around since the 1790's, though the first practical application with a can, valve, and spray chemicals was not introduced until about 1927.

Flaying (or, Flaying Alive)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaying


Cold Chisel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chisel#Cold_chisel

Carpentry
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos202.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpentry

'Wall Death' Symptoms

Affected feet may become numb, affected by erythrosis (turning red) or cyanosis (turning blue) as a result of poor vascular supply, and feet may begin to have a decaying odor due to the possibility of the early stages of necrosis setting in. As the condition worsens, feet may also begin to swell. Advanced trench foot often involves blisters and open sores, which lead to fungal infections; this is sometimes called tropical ulcer (jungle rot).

If left untreated, trench foot usually results in gangrene, which can cause the need for amputation. If trench foot is treated properly, complete recovery is normal, though it is marked by severe short-term pain when feeling returns. As with other cold-related injuries, trench foot leaves sufferers more susceptible to it in the future.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trench_foot