doctors
after slicing my arm open on a bottle several years ago, i was taken to hospital and had the wound stitched up. i thought this would be the end of the matter, but it was not to be so. i began to feel pain in my elbow, an inch from where i'd been cut. after another trip to the hospital, an x-ray and some questions, it turned out that the doctor who sewed my arm up was supposed to have sent me for an x-ray at the time, to make sure there was no glass in my arm. he didn't and there was. despite the pain it was causing me, i was told it was too small to bother taking out.
yeah, i'd say they did that wrong. it's still in there and it still hurts.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sat 17 Jul 2010, 14:33, 6 replies)

you clearly didn't tell them
"oh then you won't mind the small lawsuit i'll be bringing against you in proportion to your negligence" :) seriously, what the fuck? you have some glass sewn into your arm because of their negligence and they won't take it out? ... was this in durham? :P
(zenmeban thinks the weather could be better, Sun 18 Jul 2010, 0:35, closed)

no, liverpool
i tried to sue, but due to the shitness of my lawyer, all i got was £500 to basically fuck off.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sun 18 Jul 2010, 19:09, closed)

It might find its way out eventually
I jammed a glass tube into the end of my thumb a few years back (a common lab injury!) and it healed up OK after a while. But several weeks later I began to feel a sore bit under the skin. After a bit of prodding, a little shard of glass appeared, which I was able to remove with tweezers.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Mon 19 Jul 2010, 9:14, closed)

it's been in there ten years now
i don't think it's coming out
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 19 Jul 2010, 13:57, closed)

i had a similar experience
i had a window smashed in my face and glass went in my eye. After the doctor took "all" the glass out I complained about it not feeling right. He said it'd feel better in time.
It did the following day, after i pulled a 5mm shard out from under my eyelid
( real i'm not happy 'til you're not happy, Mon 19 Jul 2010, 11:29, closed)

owowowowowowowow
i have a lot of trouble with my eyes, this is making them water right now :(
on a lighter note, you've just reminded me that i need to phone the optician
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 19 Jul 2010, 13:59, closed)