My second suicide attempt was by a process called, "Intraveneous Self-bloodletting." Essentially, you bleed-out until you pass out, and then die in your sleep because noone is around to stop the flow of blood. Of course, this is not a new idea. People have been slitting their wrists for years. I, however, am a pussy to pain, and there is no guarantee that slitting your rists will work. You must slit deep to get the proper veins, which are, in truth, very small to begin with. The cuts may only allow enough blood loss to cause unconsciousness but not death. Thereto, many unsuccessful wrist-slitters find themselves in hospitals on suicide watch.
My "procedure" was to use an IV inserted into the arm, and draw out 11 pints of blood with a vacuum pump.
GOMCO 400 Vacuum Pump
A vacuum pump employs a very simple process of physics. If you pump out the air, creating a vacuum inside the glass jar, you can "suck" things into the vacuum through a tube, creating a "pump". These devices are used in hospitals to suck embriotic fluid from babies noses, so I read. You can regulate the flow of fluid by varying the strength of the vacuum. I got this unit on EBay for $185.00. It also took approximately $300 worth of other supplies, such as rubber latex hoses, IV-canulas, etc.
With an IV, I ever-so-slowly pumped out most of the approximately 10 pints of blood at a slow enough rate that I passed out from the loss of blood - and essentiallly, bleed to death. According to the Internet, I passed out after a few minutes and about 2 to 3 pints of blood. 4 to 5 pints became lethal. At my size, I have approximately 8.5 pints of blood. At some point, the chosen vein constricted and a heart attack occurred. I was passed out and didn't feel a thing. And, the process was completly painless. I was guaranteed the desired result because the pump kept pumping after I passed out, and there was no coagulation to stop the blood flow. As of this writing, I havent, but am considering getting a outlet with a timer to turn the pump off to ensure that I'm not roasted to a crisp by an impromptu fire caused by the short-circuited pump.
This method was chosen to ensure success. It was thoroughly tested to ensure that I would not be left a vegatable, therefore the Vacuum pump had to be modified for my specific purpose. The jar shown above only holds 600ml of fluid, which equates to 1.26803 pints. That is wholly insufficient for my purpose. It must be able to withdrawal at least 6 pints of blood to effect unconsciousness. To that end, I modified it (not shown) to have two one-half gallon jars connected in parallel, to give me 8 pints.
The choice of veins was a HUGE iissue. It was chosen based upon the pain value associated with inserting the IV. Of course, I am DEATHLY afraid of needles, so I bought some topical anesthetic cream so I wouldn't feel the IV inserted into my arm. Upon receiving the cream in the mail, however, I found that it only dulled the sensitivity of the skin, and didn't void the pain 100%.
At this point, the Kleptomaniac came out in me. I had been visiting the dentist for the past year working on several teeth and noticed that he always used three (3) vials of lydocaine (used to be novocain). Relying on that custom, I went a few weeks ago, and the Assistant put the three vials on the table, but only one was used this time because the tooth had already had a root canal. When evereyone left, I simply "borrowed" a vial of lydocaine. Ten dollars later, I had ten (10) insulin syringes from Ebay. A block of ice to numb the initial prick, followed by the anesthetic cream and localized lydocaine produced a completely painless IV insertion. Okay. That may have been overkill. But it worked damn good.
The optimum vein would've been the carotid artery in the neck. Doesn't that just sound painful as hell? The femoral artery in the leg would've also been a find choice, but painful and difficult for one to self-cannulate (insert an IV). For me, the cephalic vein was chosen. That's the vein in the crook of the arm opposite the elbow. According to the Internet, the cephalic vein "is fairly consistent and is generally a good place for cannulaton when a large bore cannula needs to be sited." The gauge of the needle I chose is VERY small, but that doesn't really matter because of the method I used to withdrawal the blood.
A major issue was the crushing of the latex tubes by the vacuum. To cure this problem, a vacuum relief valve had to be fashioned into the system so that if the pump created too much vacuum it would be released so that a constant vacuum could be sustained without collapsing the latex rubber lines, which would cut off the flow of blood.
As a final ingrediate, I took a pill of Viagra. For those of you that have never partook - Viarga makes your heart beat like a mad man. It pumps so fast and strong you can feel your own heart beating inside your chest. This was an important step in the process to assure a nice steady stream of blood in the vein. And, to prevent the vein from collapsing.
Considering the alternatives, I believe this was a very humane and socially consciensous way to die. There is no mess to clean up, I took care of all my financnial and wordly affairs and even dressed myself in my finest to be transported to the local taxidermist! I'd like to be cremated.
Why did it fail? It failed because the blood coagulated in the latex hoses. I made the hoses too long. Also, the veins collapsed under the suction. I passed out after about 4 piints and woke up weak 2 days later. The thermal cut off swithc on the pump kicked it offline, and the blood stopped flowing. I got almost 4 pints. The blood in the latex had turned hard. What happaned was, the vein collapsed cutting off the flow, and then the blood inthe hose coagulated and stopped the flow. I had the vacuum turned up too high and the latex lines were too long.
