Man Survives Nail-Gun Shooting of 12 Nails to the Head

Friday , April 21, 2006

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.

whatever..

DRTY's been really depressed about not going to Moab.

LMAO

DAMN!

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He's a lieberal so his cranium was empty so it doesn't matter.

Nice pic of I don't know what...

Gee, why don't you look at it in the context of the thread and try again .

Nah, he can’t handle the criticism of the rear $2000 after market bumper he sold me </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Didn't you total your other bumper?

I guess that makes two now.

Dude! All the unnecessary damage to your rig is turning into a hugh list!

Maybe time to blame the driver instead of the vehicle or it's parts huh?

So much for your "let's ignore each other" BS. I'm especially enjoying all of your continued back-stabbing.

Me too. Like all the posts you had your little Asian bitch make on your behalf and the f.cking IP ban at the Gonzo on me. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>


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Now let the games begin.

You have NO CLUE what's about to happen do you?

Me too. Like all the posts you had your little Asian bitch make on your behalf and the f.cking IP ban at the Gonzo on me. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Uhhh... if I'm going to be living rent free in your head can I paint the place? I have no idea WTF you're talking about. But that doesn't matter to you.

Me too. Like all the posts you had your little Asian bitch make on your behalf and the f.cking IP ban at the Gonzo on me. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Uhhh... if I'm going to be living rent free in your head can I paint the place? I have no idea WTF you're talking about. But that doesn't matter to you. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

TEE HEE!!!!

Me too. Like all the posts you had your little Asian bitch make on your behalf and the f.cking IP ban at the Gonzo on me. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Uhhh... if I'm going to be living rent free in your head can I paint the place? I have no idea WTF you're talking about. But that doesn't matter to you. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Sure you don't. LMFAO DF, teh IP ban was too funny </div></BLOCKQUOTE>STFU, you could have proxied your way around a ban if there really was one.

Give me a fcking break.

Me too. Like all the posts you had your little Asian bitch make on your behalf and the f.cking IP ban at the Gonzo on me. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Uhhh... if I'm going to be living rent free in your head can I paint the place? I have no idea WTF you're talking about. But that doesn't matter to you. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Sure you don't. LMFAO DF, teh IP ban was too funny </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

And as I've told you innumerable times - I don't have any kind of capability to do anything other than purely janitorial duties. You know that. You've told everyone that I'm your bitch and you can make me do anything you want.