His friends call him "the man with the bionic bottom." Ged Galvin permanently lost control of his colon after a motorcycle accident. But surgeons moved one of his knee muscles to his colon and attached electrodes to it. He can clench or unclench it with a remote control that he carries in his pocket:
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“They call me the man with the bionic bottom, but that doesn’t bother me. My gratitude to the surgeons is endless because what they have done is a miracle.”
Mr Galvin, who had previously endured the indignity of carrying a colostomy bag, added: “I thought that in these days of modern medicine surely there was something they could do. They'd mended everything else - why not this? Anything was better than a colostomy bag.
“The operation changed my life and gave me back my pride and confidence. Because of the remote control I can lead a normal life again.”
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Silly jokes aside, the technology is pretty damned amazing. Good for him.
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Well I guess he gets to drive on long trips. By himself of course. Does he have a schedule? :p
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"bionic bottom"? what sort of humorless friends does he have? mine would call me "electric asshole"
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I was thinking more along the lines of those universal remote pranks. Yikes.
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How bizarre is that? Forget about if his friends get a hold of it... what if the remote control fritzes out?
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