Should I go to the doctor or not?

[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.

 

[relskid]

You have such an odd idea of romance...

i'm also attracted to mullets and cheesy pick-up lines.

 

[KingNothing]

Well pencil lead doesn't have any lead, it's just interrupting the smooth flow of blood.

 

[Wardw]

Sounds like we should call in the padre for the last rites, or perhaps you can have the lead exorcised out of your finger if the last rites is going a little too far.
ther was a guy last week had a 2 inch rusty nail removed from his neck after a friend discovered that a small magnet would actually stick to his neck.
The guys swears that he has NFI how it got there....really

 

[JasonRox]

You guys are nuts!

I thought me and my brother were stupid, with avoiding the doctor thing, but I'm wrong.

We rarely go to the doctor, but for something like that, I certainly would.

 

[Wardw]

Not if you lived in Brasil as I have for the last 11 years. The state of the health care system here is such that I think I would have a better chance of surviving cranial surgery if I did it myself. Iv'e already sewed myself up once rather than entrusting myself to the system.

 

[klusener]

I guess I should say what happened at the doctor's.. Doctors here don't say much, no insurance and that stuff and people don't sue them for just the smallest reasons, so they let you go after they treat you. I went in, he numbed the spot and used a needle to take it out and handed me the bill.. I paid it and he showed me the way out the door.. No byes or anything :-(

but i am still happy, cause if there was something serious, I guess he would have told me..

 

[Moonbear]

Well, at least now we know the proper procedure for mechanical pencil lead extraction should anyone else on this site fall victim to this horribly dangerous contraption. I think I'm going to switch back to quill pens. They seem safer. Glad it wasn't too bad.