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Left pic is an X-ray film from 2007 after I shot myself accidentally with a 16ga 2 1/2” finish nail. We opted to keep in because it wasn’t in the bone or anything. I injured my knee recently and got X-rays taken today, which are digital and higher resolution, as you can see. The middle and right picture show the nail today in 2024, bent and broken in half, and the middle break has actually started to corrode and rust away. The nail wasn’t stainless steel, it was hot dipped galvanized, and my theory is that the muscles continued to flex the nail in the middle, it eventually fatigued over 14 years, and the untreated steel started to rust away. That’s the story, thanks for scoping it ?
rebelhead
Bro, you're like Wolverine! Can you pop it out when you get mad n shit?
BlairT1
Left and middle views are from the side, the right one is straight on the middle of my thigh FYI
drduffer
Once had a guy in my ER who shot himself in the heart with a roofing nail. He survived just fine after surgery.
rijstewafels
I guess you nailed it!
Escapist83
"We opted to keep in"
BlairT1
I was headed to LA to do a carpentry reality show two days later. And the term used for nail removal was “filet your thigh” so I said fuck all that
welldoneamigo
You should have an mri .
Wharrgarrble
Stoneagedudeman
Huh, bet the rusting metal keeps you from being anemic. Nice implant, the next step to transhumanism is apparently nail based flesh wounds.
hushpuppyextraordinaire
And the sink plating stops you from getting sick.
certainlynotaserialkiller
you and the doctors are going to have a wonderful day if you have a car accident and they cart your unconcious ass into a MRI.
BlairT1
I have a tattoo that says I have metal in me. Got it when I was 18, big Ozzy fan
spontaneous9
Fukkin OW dude. Bet it took a couple months for the pain & itching to subside. yeesh
BlairT1
Honestly, it was stiff for 3-4 days and then it was fine. Didn’t feel it go it, but that first time I tried to move, I felt the muscle go RIIIIIIIIIIPPP and that sucked. I almost passed out and fell out a second story window. On a Sunday, in a new construction house all alone!
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
Ooof! Hope you never need an MRI with that metal in your body :-/
BlairT1
That was the discussion we were having. One guy at the MRI place said no, one other guy said maybe
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
Good call discussing it - seems like an important issue to figure out before it is too late!
fuehrSleepVoter
Ahhhhh dude. Better get another tetanus shot stat.
NirvanaNik
It's been in there 14 years, bud.
fuehrSleepVoter
I understand. Isn't it letting off stuff in your blood stream more now?