What foreign object... - Page 2

xoxoxoBruce · 08-23-2009, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Glinda

A disgusting ganglion cyst on the inside of my right wrist. It completely squicked me out. Couldn't stand to look at it, touch it, think about it....GAH!@! I'm all squirmy right now typing about it.

I had one on my left wrist that was huge. I was schedule to have it removed, but after I broke my watch band, the damn thing went away within a month.

kerosene · 08-23-2009, 08:49 PM

I have one of those! The doctor tried to drain it, but the fluid is too thick. Contemplating the surgery.

Cloud · 08-23-2009, 11:50 AM

should have just slammed a book onto it.

binky · 08-23-2009, 01:22 PM

do my 2 children through c sections count? Sometimes my 13 yr old seems like a foreign object these days

Shawnee123 · 08-23-2009, 06:33 PM

Well, I said skull but I guess I meant "face." lol

It was shoved up behind my nose...very hard fall indeed. The other front tooth, though root-canaled, had a slow and painful death. It just started to hurt one day, about a year later, and they thought it was dead but it hadn't been, and they root-canaled it and it still didn't die.

I finally got caps/bridges when I was 18 and my head was fully grown. Before that, it was a series of "flippers" and teeth attached to my braces, made of plastic.

Good times.

But it made me very brave at the dentist, and the years and years of orthodontists. "You have a small cavity, do you want novocane?" Uh, nah...I can probably take it.

monster · 08-23-2009, 08:58 PM

I had one. it went away

lumberjim · 08-23-2009, 09:11 PM

when i was in 3rd grade, I got frustrated with a math problem, and spazzed. I went to jam my pencil point into my desk to destroy it, but I had the pencil backwards, and the point drove into my hand right in a crease(of the head line) and broke off. it's still in there.

Beest · 08-24-2009, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

when i was in 3rd grade, I got frustrated with a math problem, and spazzed. I went to jam my pencil point into my desk to destroy it, but I had the pencil backwards, and the point drove into my hand right in a crease(of the head line) and broke off. it's still in there.

technicaly then that doesn't count as it wasn't removed :p

I have a balck mole on my arm which I am convinced is a piece of grit from A fall off my bike when I was a kid.

Some small ball up my nose when I was small, the nieghbour was a nurse who fished it out, does that still make the cut since whe wasn't a doctor

jinx · 08-24-2009, 10:00 AM

I had several small bits of black plastic from the handle of my ski pole lodged in my lip from a bad fall. They worked there way back out over the next few years...

monster · 08-24-2009, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Beest

technicaly then that doesn't count as it wasn't removed :p

I have a balck mole on my arm which I am convinced is a piece of grit from A fall off my bike when I was a kid.

Some small ball up my nose when I was small, the nieghbour was a nurse who fished it out, does that still make the cut since whe wasn't a doctor

What about that splinter down your thumbnail?

My next door neighbor in the UK was an ER doctor. Apparently it's pretty dangerous to walk around holding carrots -the possibility of falling and impaling oneself it higher than you might imagine!

And a nurse told of a group of guys who shoved unlikely items up their arses just to see the expressions on the faces of the ER staff. One strike against the NHS methinks. The winner was a guy with an entire rolling pin up there. Apparently he was very proud of himself and said he'd had to work up to it

morethanpretty · 08-24-2009, 07:25 AM

In 2nd grade, I had someone hold their pencil upwards on my seat just as I was sitting down. I had lead in my butt-cheek. I think was too embarrassed to go to the nurse, my teacher just let my go to the bathroom and make sure I got the point out. It wasn't too bad I guess, but that is the only foreign object I can remember.

glatt · 08-24-2009, 07:48 AM

No doctor, but I had a two or three inch sliver of glass in the pad of my foot. A quarter inch or so was still on the outside, so I was able to carefully pull it back out. It got infected later and hurt like an SOB. I had no insurance and no money, so I never went to a doctor. Soaking in hot water all day let the pus find a way out. I cringe just thinking about that.

Pie · 08-24-2009, 08:01 AM

A cow-orker got a splinter of fiber optic embedded in his eyeball... Had to go to the ER for that one.

I've had fiber sticks (mostly in my fingers) so many times, I've lost track. Polaroid film & tweezers are your friends.

SteveDallas · 08-24-2009, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Pie

Polaroid film & tweezers are your friends.

? Polaroid film?

Pie · 08-24-2009, 10:52 AM

Any polarizing filter/film. It helps differentiate the shiny glass from the shiny wet, bloody tissue surrounding it, as they have different polarization reflection characteristics.

08-23-2009, 11:50 AM	#3
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	should have just slammed a book onto it. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

08-23-2009, 01:22 PM	#4
binky all hollowed out Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ridgecrest, CA Posts: 982	do my 2 children through c sections count? Sometimes my 13 yr old seems like a foreign object these days __________________ The meanest Mom EVER!!!!

08-23-2009, 06:33 PM	#5
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Well, I said skull but I guess I meant "face." lol It was shoved up behind my nose...very hard fall indeed. The other front tooth, though root-canaled, had a slow and painful death. It just started to hurt one day, about a year later, and they thought it was dead but it hadn't been, and they root-canaled it and it still didn't die. I finally got caps/bridges when I was 18 and my head was fully grown. Before that, it was a series of "flippers" and teeth attached to my braces, made of plastic. Good times. But it made me very brave at the dentist, and the years and years of orthodontists. "You have a small cavity, do you want novocane?" Uh, nah...I can probably take it. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-23-2009, 08:58 PM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I had one. it went away __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-23-2009, 09:11 PM	#7
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	when i was in 3rd grade, I got frustrated with a math problem, and spazzed. I went to jam my pencil point into my desk to destroy it, but I had the pencil backwards, and the point drove into my hand right in a crease(of the head line) and broke off. it's still in there. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-23-2009, 08:49 PM	#2
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	I have one of those! The doctor tried to drain it, but the fluid is too thick. Contemplating the surgery.

08-24-2009, 10:00 AM	#9
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	I had several small bits of black plastic from the handle of my ski pole lodged in my lip from a bad fall. They worked there way back out over the next few years... __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

08-24-2009, 07:25 AM	#11
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	In 2nd grade, I had someone hold their pencil upwards on my seat just as I was sitting down. I had lead in my butt-cheek. I think was too embarrassed to go to the nurse, my teacher just let my go to the bathroom and make sure I got the point out. It wasn't too bad I guess, but that is the only foreign object I can remember. __________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien

08-24-2009, 07:48 AM	#12
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	No doctor, but I had a two or three inch sliver of glass in the pad of my foot. A quarter inch or so was still on the outside, so I was able to carefully pull it back out. It got infected later and hurt like an SOB. I had no insurance and no money, so I never went to a doctor. Soaking in hot water all day let the pus find a way out. I cringe just thinking about that.

08-24-2009, 08:01 AM	#13
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	A cow-orker got a splinter of fiber optic embedded in his eyeball... Had to go to the ER for that one. I've had fiber sticks (mostly in my fingers) so many times, I've lost track. Polaroid film & tweezers are your friends. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not. Last edited by Pie; 08-24-2009 at 09:05 AM. Reason: grammar

08-24-2009, 10:52 AM	#15
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Any polarizing filter/film. It helps differentiate the shiny glass from the shiny wet, bloody tissue surrounding it, as they have different polarization reflection characteristics. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

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