Posted on 10/02/2021 3:29:02 PM PDT by Libloather
A Lithuanian man has had more than a kilogram of nails, screws, nuts and knives removed from his stomach by doctors, local media report.
He had been swallowing metal objects for a month after quitting alcohol, doctors said.
Some of the objects retrieved during a surgery in Klaipeda University Hospital were 10cm (4in) long, according to Lithuania's LRT public broadcaster.
Surgeon Sarunas Dailidenas called it a "unique case".
In its article (in Lithuanian), LRT published a KUH photo showing a surgical tray full of metal objects after the emergency three-hour operation.
The man was brought by ambulance with severe abdominal pain to the hospital on the Baltic Sea coast
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
You guys are hilarious as all get out.
Someone once posted here that he loved the gallows humor on FR threads. I concur. Welcome to the club, if nobody welcomed you before.
Imagine the guy having an MRI before an x-ray showed his Big Iron...
You nailed it.
Holy Smokes you ain’t kidding. If this guy had gotten anywhere near an MRI it could’ve pulled that stuff out of his body like shrapnel in reverse.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.