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Woman has pencil removed from brain

 
 
littlek
 
Reply Mon 6 Aug, 2007 09:22 pm
A German woman fell onto a pencil when she was 4 years old and has had it lodged in her brain for 55 years. An operation has removed most of it.

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TTH
 
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Reply Mon 6 Aug, 2007 09:48 pm
Shocked
littlek,
How awful that the woman had to suffer all those years. She must be a very strong person to put up with pain that long.
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martybarker
 
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Reply Mon 6 Aug, 2007 10:20 pm
Wow!
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Miller
 
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Reply Mon 6 Aug, 2007 10:26 pm
Re: Woman has pencil removed from brain
littlek wrote:
A German woman fell onto a pencil when she was 4 years old and has had it lodged in her brain for 55 years. An operation has removed most of it.


Did she have to sit in the ER for 55 years because of socialized medicine?
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old europe
 
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Reply Mon 6 Aug, 2007 10:31 pm
Re: Woman has pencil removed from brain
Miller wrote:
littlek wrote:
A German woman fell onto a pencil when she was 4 years old and has had it lodged in her brain for 55 years. An operation has removed most of it.


Did she have to sit in the ER for 55 years because of socialized medicine?


<grins>

Of course, Germany has a universal health care system, but doesn't have a socialized health care system.

You're not very good at these things, are you?
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dagmaraka
 
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Reply Mon 6 Aug, 2007 10:36 pm
Re: Woman has pencil removed from brain
Miller wrote:
littlek wrote:
A German woman fell onto a pencil when she was 4 years old and has had it lodged in her brain for 55 years. An operation has removed most of it.


Did she have to sit in the ER for 55 years because of socialized medicine?


Quote:
"This was a difficult area to operate on but modern medical techniques meant it was a calculated danger.


no, they could have tried years ago. it would kill her, but hey, they could have tried.
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Montana
 
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Reply Mon 6 Aug, 2007 11:23 pm
Re: Woman has pencil removed from brain
Miller wrote:
littlek wrote:
A German woman fell onto a pencil when she was 4 years old and has had it lodged in her brain for 55 years. An operation has removed most of it.


Did she have to sit in the ER for 55 years because of socialized medicine?


Laughing
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Coolwhip
 
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Reply Tue 7 Aug, 2007 05:00 am
TTH wrote:
Shocked
littlek,
How awful that the woman had to suffer all those years. She must be a very strong person to put up with pain that long.


Maybe not, there aren't that many nerves in the brain (to detect pain), didn't you see how Hannibal Lecter sliced that guys head open.
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OGIONIK
 
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Reply Tue 7 Aug, 2007 05:19 am
ROFL COOLWHIP!
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material girl
 
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Reply Tue 7 Aug, 2007 05:20 am
Couldnt she just use a pocket protector like evrybody else!!

Jokes aside, very nasty, oouch.
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OGIONIK
 
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Reply Tue 7 Aug, 2007 05:25 am
i am still pissed about the dog getting crossbowed in the face, but this lady had it in her head for 55 years, holy ****...
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Miller
 
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Reply Tue 7 Aug, 2007 07:00 am
Did this pencil affect her IQ in any way? Cool
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DrewDad
 
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Reply Tue 7 Aug, 2007 07:17 am
I imagine her family is relieved to be free of her repeating joke, "now where did I put my pencil?"
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Miller
 
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Reply Tue 7 Aug, 2007 07:39 am
Re: Woman has pencil removed from brain
dagmaraka wrote:
Miller wrote:
littlek wrote:
A German woman fell onto a pencil when she was 4 years old and has had it lodged in her brain for 55 years. An operation has removed most of it.


Did she have to sit in the ER for 55 years because of socialized medicine?


Quote:
"This was a difficult area to operate on but modern medical techniques meant it was a calculated danger.


no, they could have tried years ago. it would kill her, but hey, they could have tried.


Maybe she was in a socialist relgious hospital, where suffering equates to redemption.
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Miller
 
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Reply Tue 7 Aug, 2007 12:49 pm
DrewDad wrote:
I imagine her family is relieved to be free of her repeating joke, "now where did I put my pencil?"


Did the pencil have an eraser on the end?
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dagmaraka
 
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Reply Tue 7 Aug, 2007 12:51 pm
socialist and religious? hardly. religion was kinda forbidden.
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Miller
 
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Reply Tue 7 Aug, 2007 12:58 pm
Re: Woman has pencil removed from brain
dagmaraka wrote:
Miller wrote:
littlek wrote:
A German woman fell onto a pencil when she was 4 years old and has had it lodged in her brain for 55 years. An operation has removed most of it.


Did she have to sit in the ER for 55 years because of socialized medicine?


Quote:
"This was a difficult area to operate on but modern medical techniques meant it was a calculated danger.

no, they could have tried years ago. it would kilher, but hey, they could have tried.


Part of the 3 inch pencil is still lodged in her brain.
The clinic where the procedure was performed is the Berlin-Weissensee clinic and did you say that they don't believe in God at that clinic?
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Thomas
 
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Reply Tue 7 Aug, 2007 12:59 pm
dagmaraka wrote:
socialist and religious? hardly. religion was kinda forbidden.

As Old Europe already hinted, Miller isn't very informed about these things. She already proved herself ignorant about Germany's health care system being universal but not "socialized". How can you expect her to know the role of religion under socialism? Get off your elitist, librul, high European horse already!
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Gargamel
 
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Reply Tue 7 Aug, 2007 01:01 pm
55 years?

She must have been out of her write mind!


LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!



<dies>
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DrewDad
 
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Reply Tue 7 Aug, 2007 01:06 pm
Gargamel wrote:
55 years?

She must have been out of her write mind!


LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!



<dies>

Dammit! I should have thought of that!
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