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Swallowed pen removed from woman's stomach 25 years later, still usable
NYDailyNews.com ^
 | December 19 2011
 | Rheana Murray
Posted on 12/20/2011 6:26:27 AM PST by Daffynition
A bizarre doctors visit turned up a 25-year-old pen in the pit of an elderly womans stomach  and when it removed, it was still usable. 
The 76-year-old woman, whose story was reported in the British Medical Journal Case Reports, was seeing a gastrointestinal specialist for stomach-related problems, including weight loss and diarrhea.
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TOPICS: Food; Health/Medicine; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: napl; pen
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To: Daffynition
    HA!
[they work, BTW....Odin vs. deer bones]
 
41
posted on 
12/20/2011 8:31:38 AM PST
by 
Salamander
(Midnight is when the day begins.....)
 
To: Daffynition
42
posted on 
12/20/2011 8:35:23 AM PST
by 
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas gerit)
 
To: Daffynition
    You must spend a lot of time archiving crap. That is hilarious! (What a bunch of Marroons.)
 
43
posted on 
12/20/2011 8:56:53 AM PST
by 
Safetgiver
(I'd rather die under a free American sky than live under a Socialist regime.)
 
To: Salamander
44
posted on 
12/20/2011 9:01:54 AM PST
by 
Daffynition
(  *Socialism, has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore it*)
 
To: JoeProBono
    Velcro. Space age technology.. :) 
 
45
posted on 
12/20/2011 9:04:48 AM PST
by 
Daffynition
(  *Socialism, has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore it*)
 
To: Nea Wood
46
posted on 
12/20/2011 9:06:53 AM PST
by 
Daffynition
(  *Socialism, has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore it*)
 
To: goseminoles; Daffynition
    Who in the hell would try to write with the pen?? A forensic graphologist? ;^0
 
47
posted on 
12/20/2011 9:27:21 AM PST
by 
brityank
(The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !!)
 
To: Ezekiel; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
    "You can keep it."
 
48
posted on 
12/20/2011 10:40:34 AM PST
by 
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
 
To: Slings and Arrows; Ezekiel
49
posted on 
12/20/2011 11:34:07 AM PST
by 
Daffynition
(  *Socialism, has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore it*)
 
To: Slings and Arrows
    Uh... Thanks anyway. Gosh! Do you know how many pens I have kicking around at home? It’s very nice, but you go on. Really, no thanks!
 
50
posted on 
12/20/2011 12:14:46 PM PST
by 
TheOldLady
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To: stylecouncilor; Gamecock; F15Eagle; ReneeLynn; MotleyGirl70
    She was using the pen to poke her tonsils, examining them with a handheld mirror as she stood on stairs, a report from gastroenterologist Dr. Oliver Walters explained. While doing this, she lost her balance and stumbled down a couple steps, swallowing the pen in the process. At the time, X-rays didnt show any evidence of the object in her stomach, and the issue was forgotten. Could have been worse. 
 "Million to one shot, doc. Million to one!"
 
To: TheOldLady
52
posted on 
12/20/2011 12:53:36 PM PST
by 
Daffynition
(  *Socialism, has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore it*)
 
To: Larry Lucido
53
posted on 
12/20/2011 1:03:20 PM PST
by 
Daffynition
(  *Socialism, has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore it*)
 
To: Daffynition
    LOL! That wasn't that bad. 
 
And I seriously have a LOT of pens, being a long-time pen freak and generally all-around stationery store junkie.
54
posted on 
12/20/2011 1:04:05 PM PST
by 
TheOldLady
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To: TheOldLady
55
posted on 
12/20/2011 2:38:45 PM PST
by 
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
 
To: Daffynition
    I owned a Fisher Space pen when I lived in Juneau in the Sixties. It lived up to the advertisements. Great pen!
 
56
posted on 
12/20/2011 5:09:08 PM PST
by 
redhead
(Merry Christmas, Freepers! May God bless you all richly in the New Year.)
 
To: Larry Lucido
    She was using the pen to poke her tonsils, examining them with a handheld mirror as she stood on stairs, a report from gastroenterologist Dr. Oliver Walters explained. While doing this, she lost her balance and stumbled down a couple steps, swallowing the pen in the process. At the time, X-rays didnt show any evidence of the object in her stomach, and the issue was forgotten. Did she not have an alarm go off in her head while standing on stairs with a sharp object in her throat that said "This is going to be good."
 
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posted on 
12/21/2011 6:16:44 AM PST
by 
Gamecock
(I am so thankful for [the] active obedience of Christ. No hope without it.  JGM)
 
To: Larry Lucido
    Could have been worse.  "Million to one shot, doc. Million to one!"
 (Note the Buzz-Lightyear action figure.......)
 
58
posted on 
12/21/2011 8:49:43 AM PST
by 
Gamecock
(I am so thankful for [the] active obedience of Christ. No hope without it.  JGM)
 
To: Slings and Arrows
    Was it one from the bank were they just used the chain to pull it out???
 
59
posted on 
12/21/2011 9:11:25 AM PST
by 
The SISU kid
(I feel really homesick all the time & so do all the other aliens.....)
 
To: The SISU kid
    Quill pen. If she’d just taken it off the goose first...
 
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posted on 
12/21/2011 10:48:51 AM PST
by 
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
 
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