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In the late Seventies it was reported nationally

that  a WW I veteran reported back and abdomen pain and came in. Xray showed that a machine gun bullet which he had forgotten about or never knew had been left by the doctors was still in his body and had moved about until it nestled up against his spine, pressing some nerves.

Seems they were afraid to remove it in 1917 and left it; as foreign objects are wont to do, it "migrated" away from its former location and was removed by surgeons about sixty years after he had been shot.

posted by majroj on October 17, 2005 at 9:52 PM | link to this | reply

Yeeeouch!
Screw that, man!  Put me in a wheelchair.

posted by UsualSuspect on October 17, 2005 at 5:00 PM | link to this | reply

It must play havoc if boarding an aircraft

posted by Azur on October 17, 2005 at 1:29 PM | link to this | reply

That is weird, I actually hate to cough
when I am screwing!

posted by scoop on October 13, 2005 at 6:16 PM | link to this | reply

This came out of Reuters which I find generally trustworthy
Doctors suspected a good bit prior that the plate had moved or the screws had loosed because the guy developed a weird infection.  The body rejects foreign subjects generally.  The guy had a cold for a bit, and he developed a bad cough.  It caught him off guard.

posted by terpgirl30 on October 13, 2005 at 5:58 PM | link to this | reply

Terp

Me too.  I've actually sneezed a vitamin pill out my nose.  That hurts too.

-smartdog

posted by smartdog_670 on October 13, 2005 at 9:59 AM | link to this | reply

You must be kidding about this stuff of screws coming out from some one's mouth. Give more details please.

posted by Flame-thrower on October 12, 2005 at 11:56 PM | link to this | reply

He must be a nervous wreck now,
wondering where his other screw/s is/are at...

posted by word.smith on October 12, 2005 at 8:10 PM | link to this | reply

Huh? LOL, yikes!

posted by Ariala on October 12, 2005 at 8:00 PM | link to this | reply