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Azalaksh
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posted April 23, 2006 10:25 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Azalaksh     Edit/Delete Message
Oregon Man Survives 12 Nails to the Head
By SARAH SKIDMORE, Associated Press Writer
Fri Apr 21, 9:44 PM

PORTLAND, Ore. - An Oregon 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 Oregon 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 Oregon 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.

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Aphrodite
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posted April 23, 2006 10:49 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Aphrodite     Edit/Delete Message
Wow, what an intense story.

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Solane Star
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posted April 24, 2006 06:41 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Solane Star     Edit/Delete Message
Holy!!!!

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Happy Dragon
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posted April 24, 2006 10:35 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Happy Dragon     Edit/Delete Message
first reaction was 'holy add expletive' ..
second reaction .. 'ditch the nail-gun idea .. stick with plan A' .. (just kidding)
.. one of my neighbours family did the same with a .22 pistol ...
.. he evidently didn't succeed with the first shot .. and had to repeat it in order to acomplish the task ..

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Johnny
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posted April 24, 2006 06:10 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Johnny     Edit/Delete Message
Yeesh, now I have a headache...

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Rainbow~
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posted April 24, 2006 10:17 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Rainbow~     Edit/Delete Message

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aqua
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posted April 25, 2006 07:46 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for aqua     Edit/Delete Message
wow

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lalalinda
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posted April 25, 2006 12:56 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for lalalinda     Edit/Delete Message
Meth makes you really stupid.

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Moon666Child
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posted April 25, 2006 01:00 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Moon666Child     Edit/Delete Message
lol de Rainbow! that one Helluva expression!

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Kamilla
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posted April 25, 2006 04:58 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Kamilla     Edit/Delete Message
I was wondering why my health insurance keep going up

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BlueTopaz124
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posted April 25, 2006 10:26 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for BlueTopaz124     Edit/Delete Message
ouch

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