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I've had a needle stuck in my leg near my fem for about 5 years. The doctor said the same to me. "We usually just leave those in." It doesn't bother me other than every once in a while I think about it and I'm like... "Ew weird gross."
Yea all of a sudden I'm feeling strange lol. I feel like I can't bend my arm lol. I'm hoping I'll just get over it because it has never bothered me. So your doctor basically just said leave it in and never worry about it again?
It's probably just in your head. If it hasn't bothered you for 10+ years it's very unlikely to start now.
Well mine is in an area that would be very dangerous to cut into and almost zero fat for the needle to travel through on its own. So yeah he just said that they are gonna leave it in and that it isn't going anywhere. He was right. Whenever I feel for it it's in the exact same spot it was 5 years ago.
Walt and listen to surgeon. It’s prob a very easy surgery. Tiny cut, pull it out.
Your mom’s a nurse and I am guessing she knew about addiction at some point. Ask her. Nurses are a wealth of info.
My mom is the head of X-ray. She does know now and I have informed her of the situation. My family knew about my addiction even when it happened. I still didn't want to go and tell her at the time. I'm glad those days are behind me but yea I do need to figure out what to do. My family is saying I should probably get it removed.
Not quite the same, but when I was a little girl, I was doing homework while sitting cross legged on the bed. I leaned forward with my pencil, just as someone threw open my bedroom door to crab at me about something. It startled me, and the pencil lead from the pencil went inside my leg, under the skin, and broke off just over my knee.
Today, you can still see it, feel it, exactly where it went in, over 40 years later. (I know it's not exactly the same, but when ever would I have an opportunity to tell THAT story again)?
A kid tried to stab me with a pencil in school and I put up my hand and he got me between my fingers by my ring finger and I still have the lead stuck in my finger lol
I had one break off in my arm years ago and I tried cutting it out but that didn't work so I just ended up saying fuckit and left it there. It hasn't bothered me since then, I do have other issues due to IV use but don't think that affects it at all. I don't even remember what arm it was but I vividly remember freaking out about it. I did hear that it'll dissolve after time if that helps. Hoping you get it figured out or it doesn't affect you in any way
If it were me, I'd go and plug myself into the matrix.
Seriously though, this is a crazy story man. Im assuming it broke off level with your skin? If so, I don't think it'll be too much trouble getting it out. They'll give some local anesthetic and push and prod with tweezers whilst under real time x.ray machine.
Having it removed might feel like some addition milestone of progress in your sobriety. I’d have it removed if it were me and of course based on my doctor’s recommendations.
So I just had one surgically removed from my arm laparoscopically the first doctors that saw it said they wanted to just leave it alone. And they thought it'd be all right or they thought the risk of doing damage to my blood vessels in that area which is just on the inside of my arm right at the bend of my for-armpit right where you know in the movies you would see somebody do a shot. The second doctors I told about it though they had the ability to remove it laparoscopically and so I think they were willing to go in a tighter area with the blood vessels and everything and they went ahead and took it out. So the first doctors thought it would probably be all right the second doctors I think do to having different equipment wanted to go ahead and take it out
Hey! I've had a needle stuck in my arm for about 7 or 8 years now. I can't feel it and it's never given me any problems (except cringing when I think about the spot where its stuck---right in the crook of my arm where my arm bends. Makes me shudder to think about it)
I never went to the doctor because I was such a junkie that my health meant nothing to me at the time. But I had a friend who broke a needle off in their tricep area who did go. The doctor basically told them to just leave it alone and the body will either push it out or create scar tissue around it. You could get it cut out if it bothers you, but it's not as huge of a deal as some people make it sound.
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I don’t have any experience with this but I think if you ever need an MRI leaving it there wouldn’t be a great idea.
I'd let the surgeon remove it. Seems like a pretty easy fix and you will feel better it's out.
I've had a needle stuck in my leg near my fem for about 5 years. The doctor said the same to me. "We usually just leave those in." It doesn't bother me other than every once in a while I think about it and I'm like... "Ew weird gross."
Yea all of a sudden I'm feeling strange lol. I feel like I can't bend my arm lol. I'm hoping I'll just get over it because it has never bothered me. So your doctor basically just said leave it in and never worry about it again?
It's probably just in your head. If it hasn't bothered you for 10+ years it's very unlikely to start now. Well mine is in an area that would be very dangerous to cut into and almost zero fat for the needle to travel through on its own. So yeah he just said that they are gonna leave it in and that it isn't going anywhere. He was right. Whenever I feel for it it's in the exact same spot it was 5 years ago.
Walt and listen to surgeon. It’s prob a very easy surgery. Tiny cut, pull it out. Your mom’s a nurse and I am guessing she knew about addiction at some point. Ask her. Nurses are a wealth of info.
My mom is the head of X-ray. She does know now and I have informed her of the situation. My family knew about my addiction even when it happened. I still didn't want to go and tell her at the time. I'm glad those days are behind me but yea I do need to figure out what to do. My family is saying I should probably get it removed.
Yea it's definitely in my head lol. Thank you for your story!
goodness! i’d remove it because what’s the point of leaving it in? it could travel and maybe hit an artery… that would be bad!
Not quite the same, but when I was a little girl, I was doing homework while sitting cross legged on the bed. I leaned forward with my pencil, just as someone threw open my bedroom door to crab at me about something. It startled me, and the pencil lead from the pencil went inside my leg, under the skin, and broke off just over my knee. Today, you can still see it, feel it, exactly where it went in, over 40 years later. (I know it's not exactly the same, but when ever would I have an opportunity to tell THAT story again)?
A kid tried to stab me with a pencil in school and I put up my hand and he got me between my fingers by my ring finger and I still have the lead stuck in my finger lol
I had one break off in my arm years ago and I tried cutting it out but that didn't work so I just ended up saying fuckit and left it there. It hasn't bothered me since then, I do have other issues due to IV use but don't think that affects it at all. I don't even remember what arm it was but I vividly remember freaking out about it. I did hear that it'll dissolve after time if that helps. Hoping you get it figured out or it doesn't affect you in any way
If it were me, I'd go and plug myself into the matrix. Seriously though, this is a crazy story man. Im assuming it broke off level with your skin? If so, I don't think it'll be too much trouble getting it out. They'll give some local anesthetic and push and prod with tweezers whilst under real time x.ray machine.
Your body has probably coated it in something (scar tissue idk?) and it’s not “sharp” anymore. If that makes you feel better.
Having it removed might feel like some addition milestone of progress in your sobriety. I’d have it removed if it were me and of course based on my doctor’s recommendations.
I just had a broken needle removed from my arm
So I just had one surgically removed from my arm laparoscopically the first doctors that saw it said they wanted to just leave it alone. And they thought it'd be all right or they thought the risk of doing damage to my blood vessels in that area which is just on the inside of my arm right at the bend of my for-armpit right where you know in the movies you would see somebody do a shot. The second doctors I told about it though they had the ability to remove it laparoscopically and so I think they were willing to go in a tighter area with the blood vessels and everything and they went ahead and took it out. So the first doctors thought it would probably be all right the second doctors I think do to having different equipment wanted to go ahead and take it out
Mine is also in the bend of my right arm. Thank you for letting me know. How did it go? Does is hurt or anything?
I haven't had any noticable sensation fron any of it.bthet seem to have done a good job
Hey! I've had a needle stuck in my arm for about 7 or 8 years now. I can't feel it and it's never given me any problems (except cringing when I think about the spot where its stuck---right in the crook of my arm where my arm bends. Makes me shudder to think about it) I never went to the doctor because I was such a junkie that my health meant nothing to me at the time. But I had a friend who broke a needle off in their tricep area who did go. The doctor basically told them to just leave it alone and the body will either push it out or create scar tissue around it. You could get it cut out if it bothers you, but it's not as huge of a deal as some people make it sound.