Should I go to the doctor or not?

[klusener]

As I write this, I remember tribdog's post about getting pencil lead stuck in his hip or something... but after a couple of weeks after i read his post, i got a pencil lead about this size: | : doubled stuck in my finger, i tried to use a tweezer to take it out but it didn't come out, then i kept poking a needle into that area, again i couldn't take it out, but i just ignored it cause one of my buddies told me that his mother had a pencil lead stuck in her arm for 30 years and nothing happened.. But about a month has passed, and my arm feels like a stone, it feels really heavy, i don't know what happened.. But i still don't want to go to the doctor, because maybe I am just imagining things are something, but it also hurts a lot now, so i am at the crossroads right now..

 

[the number 42]

my arm feels like a stone, it feels really heavy, i don't know what happened.. But i still don't want to go to the doctor, because maybe I am just imagining things are something, but it also hurts a lot now, so i am at the crossroads right now..

It may be your imagination, but if I was you I'd be getting it checked out today.
Better to be safe than sorry in these matters.

 

[Moonbear]

Go to the doctor! Could be an infection starting up, or more likely, since it's been a full month, your body is deciding it's time to reject that strange foreign object in your arm and is reacting to it. Trust me, it's better to have the doctor remove it than to wait for the giant hole it will come out on its own...if that's what it's inclined to do. Could also be moving deeper and hitting a nerve or interferring with your muscle function. But, I can only guess what it's actually doing, just that if your arm feels really weird, go to a doctor.

You, tribdog and his younger brothers can start a support group for pencil-stab wound victims. Yeah, I realize it's hard to admit you did something as stupid as tribdog, but I'm afraid you'll just have to suck it up and get to the doctor.

 

[the number 42]

Go to the doctor! Could be an infection starting up, or more likely, since it's been a full month, your body is deciding it's time to reject that strange foreign object in your arm and is reacting to it. Trust me, it's better to have the doctor remove it than to wait for the giant hole it will come out on its own...if that's what it's inclined to do. Could also be moving deeper and hitting a nerve or interferring with your muscle function. But, I can only guess what it's actually doing, just that if your arm feels really weird, go to a doctor.

You, tribdog and his younger brothers can start a support group for pencil-stab wound victims. Yeah, I realize it's hard to admit you did something as stupid as tribdog, but I'm afraid you'll just have to suck it up and get to the doctor.

Thank god. A Moonbear post without any sexual overtones. The Viagra must be wearing off.

 

[franznietzsche]

Thank god. A Moonbear post without any sexual overtones. The Viagra must be wearing off.

Seriously, we need to call the guiness book on this one.

 

[the number 42]

Seriously, we need to call the guiness book on this one.

Did you say Guinness? Why bless you, I'll have a pint then.

 

[franznietzsche]

Did you say Guinness? Why bless you, I'll have a pint then.

That's good stuff, but i meant the book of records. Now that you mention it though, a pint of guinness does sound really really good right now, even if it is 10:30 in the morning. Really really good sounding.

 

[Moonbear]

That's good stuff, but i meant the book of records. Now that you mention it though, a pint of guinness does sound really really good right now, even if it is 10:30 in the morning. Really really good sounding.

franz, does this mean you're feeling better? It's already afternoon here, pass the Guinness! (You know what they say, it's always after noon somewhere in the world )

 

[franznietzsche]

franz, does this mean you're feeling better? It's already afternoon here, pass the Guinness! (You know what they say, it's always after noon somewhere in the world )

I don't have any right now, unfortunately

I just noticed something. Moonbear turns every thread into sex, i turn every thread into alcohol, and trib turns every thread into self-mutilation. I guess we all have our obsessions

 

[the number 42]

If it sounds that good at 10.30am, maybe you should party with these guy for a while:
http://www.bettyfordcenter.org/programs/outpatient.php

 

[the number 42]

I don't have any right now, unfortunately

I just noticed something. Moonbear turns every thread into sex, i turn every thread into alcohol, and trib turns every thread into self-mutilation. I guess we all have our obsessions

I like to think that I turn every thread into a happy ray of sunshine from the lord

 

[franznietzsche]

10:30 is nothing.

I started a whole day of rum and cokes at 8 once. Granted, i was rather depressed at the time, and was (still am, really) convinced that alcohol works better than prozac.

I haven't done drinking that early in a while though. Earliest I've done drinking recently was 12:30-ish, at lunch, a week or so ago.

 

[franznietzsche]

I like to think that I turn every thread into a happy ray of sunshine from the lord

Uh huh

 

[the number 42]

Uh huh

I knew you'd agree. Have another rum and coke, little one
Mwahahahahahah!

 

[Moonbear]

I like to think that I turn every thread into a happy ray of sunshine from the lord

Yeah, after all those Hail Mary's you made me say, that dark cloud of bad luck seemed to have engulfed most of the US yesterday! I'm still waiting for that ray of sunshine.

 

[franznietzsche]

Yeah, after all those Hail Mary's you made me say, that dark cloud of bad luck seemed to have engulfed most of the US yesterday! I'm still waiting for that ray of sunshine.

I told you, you should have done the full rosary, see what you get for not listening?

 

[the number 42]

Yeah, after all those Hail Mary's you made me say, that dark cloud of bad luck seemed to have engulfed most of the US yesterday! I'm still waiting for that ray of sunshine.

I didn't say which lord the ray of sunshine was coming from -
MWaahaahahaHAHAHAhahahaha
(*crash of thunder*)

 

[the number 42]

I told you, you should have done the full rosary, see what you get for not listening?

Nitchy - why aren't you at the bar? Bad boy! Say 10 Hail Marys - backwards!

MWAAAAHAHAHAHAhahaha (*chocking sound*) HAaaggh? (*coughing fit*)

 

[the number 42]

Later guys. I got to see a monk about a 'nasty habit', if you know what I mean, eh? eh? Have a good weekend.

 

[Moonbear]

I told you, you should have done the full rosary, see what you get for not listening?

Yeah, I avoided being the cause of some horrid natural disaster! But these things always renew my faith that there is a God...who's out to get me!

I can feel them watching me...aaaaggghhhhh! Oh, wait, that's just Tom Mattson sneaking up behind people around here. Whew!

 

[Moonbear]

Nitchy - why aren't you at the bar? Bad boy! Say 10 Hail Marys - backwards!

MWAAAAHAHAHAHAhahaha (*chocking sound*) HAaaggh? (*coughing fit*)

Hmm...that spell I cast on you really does have some long-lasting after effects, doesn't it?

 

[franznietzsche]

Nitchy - why aren't you at the bar? Bad boy! Say 10 Hail Marys - backwards!

I can't do that sober!

 

[marlon]

As I write this, I remember tribdog's post about getting pencil lead stuck in his hip or something... but after a couple of weeks after i read his post, i got a pencil lead about this size: | : doubled stuck in my finger, i tried to use a tweezer to take it out but it didn't come out, then i kept poking a needle into that area, again i couldn't take it out, but i just ignored it cause one of my buddies told me that his mother had a pencil lead stuck in her arm for 30 years and nothing happened.. But about a month has passed, and my arm feels like a stone, it feels really heavy, i don't know what happened.. But i still don't want to go to the doctor, because maybe I am just imagining things are something, but it also hurts a lot now, so i am at the crossroads right now..

a real man doesn't need no doctor...

marlon

 

[dextercioby]

Yes,Marlon,it's true,but not in all cases.For the degree of generality that u intended,u should have said:
"A dead man needs no doctor.Especially after he's burried"...

Daniel.

 

[marlon]

Yes,Marlon,it's true,but not in all cases.For the degree of generality that u intended,u should have said:
"A dead man needs no doctor.Especially after he's burried"...

Daniel.

No, that is not what i wanted to say
It is not even funny :zzz:

marlon

 

[Chronos]

Graphite is inert. It makes a fine prosthetic. What you may have injected along with it is a different matter. Just because your arm now feels like lead is no cause for alarm. You are going to die anyway, so why bother? All the doctor can do is delay the process.

 

[franznietzsche]

? All the doctor can do is delay the process.

He's right. Just lay down comfy like and wait for the end, its only a matter of time now.

 

[dextercioby]

You may put on some music to make you relieve the stress...

Daniel.

 

[relskid]

Graphite is inert. It makes a fine prosthetic. What you may have injected along with it is a different matter. Just because your arm now feels like lead is no cause for alarm. You are going to die anyway, so why bother? All the doctor can do is delay the process.

...marry me?

 

[franznietzsche]

...marry me?

You have such an odd idea of romance...

 

[Moonbear]

Graphite is inert. It makes a fine prosthetic.

That's what they said about silicone too! The problem is that the body still may encapsulate it in a layer of connective tissue if it's being irritating (as a stick of graphite from a pencil is likely doing), or generally become inflamed just due to the mechanical irritation rather than due to any chemical recognition of the substance as foreign. Anything you stick into your body that doesn't belong there and can be removed should be removed.

Who knew mechanical pencils could be so dangerous?! Hey, maybe you and tribdog can start working on a class action lawsuit against those mechanical pencil manufacturers. Afterall, there's no warning label on them telling you how dangerous they really can be, nor instructing you to avoid impaling yourself with them. That must be gross negligence on their part to market such a hazardous product without any warning labels at all!

 

[brewnog]

Moonbear, you seem very litigious today!

What's going on?

 

[Moonbear]

Moonbear, you seem very litigious today!

What's going on?

LOL! This one was just a joke, that other thread was more serious.

 

[gravenewworld]

I have a piece of lead stuck in my finger. It has been there for about 10 years now. I had just sharpened my pencil and when I went to get up to get a drink I dropped the pencil and my finger stabbed the tip and the tip broke off. You can still see a black spot under the skin in my finger. I don't feel it at all though.

 

[the number 42]

I have a piece of lead stuck in my finger. It has been there for about 10 years now. I had just sharpened my pencil and when I went to get up to get a drink I dropped the pencil and my finger stabbed the tip and the tip broke off. You can still see a black spot under the skin in my finger. I don't feel it at all though.

Yeah, but imagine how much healthier you'd feel if you'd removed it straight away.