spayne Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 O r e g o n Man Survives 12 Nails to the Head By SARAH SKIDMORE, Associated Press WriterFri Apr 21, 10:44 PM ET An O r e g o n man who went to a hospital complaining of a headache was found to have 12 nails embedded in his skull from a suicide attempt with a nail gun, doctors say. Surgeons removed the nails with needle-nosed pliers and a drill, and the man survived with no serious lasting effects, according to a report on the medical oddity in the current issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery. The unidentified 33-year-old man was suicidal and high on methamphetamine last year when he fired the nails — up to 2 inches in length — into his head one by one. The nails were not visible when doctors first examined the man in the emergency room of an unidentified O r e g o n hospital a day later. Doctors were surprised when X-rays revealed six nails clustered between his right eye and ear, two below his right ear and four on the left side of his head. The study did not say how long the nails were, and a hospital spokeswoman refused to release that information. A photo published in the study suggests the nails range from 1 1/2 to 2 inches long. No one before is known to have survived after intentionally firing so many foreign objects into the head, according to the report, written by Dr. G. Alexander West, the neurosurgeon who oversaw the treatment of the patient. The man at first told doctors he had had a nail gun accident, but later admitted it was a suicide attempt. The nails came close to major blood vessels and the brain stem but did not pierce them. The patient was in remarkably good condition when he was transferred to O r e g o n Health & Science University in Portland, where the nails were removed. The patient was later transferred to psychiatric care and stayed under court order for nearly a month before leaving against doctors' orders. You'd better believe this guy would have a headache! Nails in the melon for a year?! Needle-nose pliers and a drill!!! :eek: Just the mere thought makes me cringe! The silly things some people do! PSA: Don't do meth! Meth is bad, m'kay? Stacy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjohnny Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 dude had nails in his head for a year. that's wild. Would a non-galvanized nail start to rust after that long? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowman Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 "Accidentally" shot himself in the head 12 times. I hope he has no offspring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmhuntley Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 this should be submitted as a darwin award runner up. Too bad natural selection failed this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ahbrit Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Hey Roy....i seem to remember you with an incident with my Drill whistle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spayne Posted April 26, 2006 Author Share Posted April 26, 2006 Hey Roy....i seem to remember you with an incident with my Drill whistle Keep him away from the nail guns, then! "Accidentally" shot himself in the head 12 times. I hope he has no offspring Heck, he probably has a litter of 'em. Isn't that the way it usually goes? Stacy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmhuntley Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 I am a trained professional(nailed my hand to a roof once w/ a nailgun, though). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spayne Posted April 26, 2006 Author Share Posted April 26, 2006 I am a trained professional(nailed my hand to a roof once w/ a nailgun' date=' though).[/quote'] And I rest my case... (hitme) rofl Stacy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAVES Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 I dont think he had them in there a year,, sounds like the story is a year old!? they were between his eye and ear,, no way they where there for a year... Still major darwin factor going on here though, they should have handed him a crow bar and let him deal with it himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spayne Posted May 5, 2006 Author Share Posted May 5, 2006 The article is from this year. Grabbed it from my "My Yahoo" page as I was perusing the "Oddly Enough" section. That stuff cracks me up. I guess technically they probaby weren't embedded in his melon for a year, but they had to be in there for a good three to four months if his suicide attempt was "last year" and the article was written in April. laugh Stacy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmhuntley Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 article in usatoday http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2006-04-21-nails_x.htm and CNN http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/21/nail.gun.ap/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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