Man unaware of five inch knife in skull

Dead · 03-07-2005, 08:30 PM

Five inch knife found in man's head

Hospital staff treating a retired school teacher for a headache found a five inch knife blade wedged in his head.

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A headteacher from Poland went to the doctors suffering from a headache, following X-rays hospital staff found a knife embedded in his head.

The discovery was made after doctors X-rayed Leonard Woronowicz to see if he had cracked his skull in a fall while climbing over a stool in his kitchen four days earlier.

Instead they found a blade that had penetrated the 61-year-old's head just below his right ear. It had snapped off at the handle without touching any major blood vessels or nerves - or causing any lasting damage.

He said: "I thought they might give me an aspirin, instead they pulled a five inch knife blade out of my head."

Woronowicz, from the Polish town of Wojnowice, said he had tripped over the stool while doing work in his kitchen.

He said: "I had some tools and other gadgets scattered on the kitchen floor where I had been doing the work when I tripped. The blade from the kitchen knife must have pierced my head then. My head hurt a bit, but I was convinced that it was from the fall. There was a small gash on the side of my head near my ear, but I thought it would soon heal and did not make much of it. I put a plaster on it and left it."

He added: "I didn't even guess what had happened when the next day I wanted to cut a piece of bread but couldn't find the kitchen knife. Despite carefully searching the room I could only find the handle. But I forgot about it as my headaches got worse over the next few days, and I decided to go to a hospital."

Local doctors were bewildered at the sight of the X-ray pictures and immediately called for an ambulance to take the patient to the Bialystok regional centre hospital in Northern Poland.

Surgeons pulled the five inch blade out of his skull in an operation that took just a few minutes. The blade had gone into his head from the side near his right ear.

Dr Marek Rogowski from the Bialystok hospital said a surgeon could not have made a better job of placing the knife so that it missed all vital bones, nerves and blood vessels. He said: "We have found objects in patients' bodies before, but this is unprecedented."

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3Marlon3Brando · 03-07-2005, 08:33 PM

i wonder if he is going to reattach the knife blade to the handle and cut some bread with it

Axis of Action · 03-07-2005, 08:34 PM

how in the fuck

alexthestampede · 08:50 PM

that is a fake story. i wrote it.

alisonmonster · 03-07-2005, 09:00 PM

this sort of thing seems to happen alot - a guy at a construction site gets a nail in his skull , an old lady gets knifed in the back during a mugging and doesnt notice. How often does this shit happen anyway.

Mo · 03-07-2005, 09:02 PM

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Originally posted by 3Marlon3Brando
i wonder if he is going to reattach the knife blade to the handle and cut some bread with it

sure, people in poland are poor.

Oranjes · 03-07-2005, 09:16 PM

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Originally posted by Sehki
how in the fuck

Fathoms · 03-07-2005, 09:25 PM

that guys senility meter must be off the charts!

jenn · 03-07-2005, 09:25 PM

Who the fuck would cut bread with that kind of knife? That's not a bread knife...that would get it all smooshed. I call conspiracy.

Dead · 03-07-2005, 10:16 PM

Someone send that guy a serrated blade.

murgle · 03-07-2005, 10:35 PM

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Originally posted by alisonmonster
this sort of thing seems to happen alot - a guy at a construction site gets a nail in his skull , an old lady gets knifed in the back during a mugging and doesnt notice. How often does this shit happen anyway.

No kidding.

Few weeks ago in Dallas, construction worker fell off something and landed on a board with a nail sticking out of it... which embeded itself into the top of his head.

Seriously. wtf.

Electra · 10:55 PM

Don't forget about the guy who swallowed his toothbrush and didn't know about it for 22 years!

LINK

smashingjj · 03-07-2005, 11:05 PM

happens to me all the time

RopeyLopey · 03-08-2005, 12:47 AM

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Originally posted by the antipop

sure, people in poland are poor.

you're an idiot.

alexthestampede · 03-08-2005, 01:29 AM

my dad's best friend had a pin in his knee for much of his childhood. it hurt him while it was there, too. they thought it was just knee pain or something

GreenEggsNSpam · 03-08-2005, 01:43 AM

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Originally posted by alexthestampede
my dad's best friend had a pin in his knee for much of his childhood. it hurt him while it was there, too. they thought it was just knee pain or something

What kind of pin?
A lapel pin, or a safety pin? Safety pins aren't that safe you know!

Orchestra · 03-08-2005, 04:46 AM

Shit like this always happens. I learned about it in psychology. It seems the more of a moron you are the more luck you have. Such as the packing gunpower with a steel rod, then having it shoot up through his head and him survive. The only lasting affect was hes easily irritated.

Orchestra · 03-08-2005, 04:46 AM

Don't be such morons, the human body is an amazing thing.

MADpeace · 03-08-2005, 05:03 AM

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Originally posted by Orchestra
Shit like this always happens. I learned about it in psychology. It seems the more of a moron you are the more luck you have. Such as the packing gunpower with a steel rod, then having it shoot up through his head and him survive. The only lasting affect was hes easily irritated.

If you're talking about Phineas Gage, then I think you're downplaying it a bit. People who knew him said he was a different person completely(plus he lost his eye, ew.) But what do I know, I just found out I had a ninja turtle lodged between my nostrils for twenty years! Go figure!

alexthestampede · 03-08-2005, 05:03 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by GreenEggsNSpam
What kind of pin?
A lapel pin, or a safety pin? Safety pins aren't that safe you know!

it looked like this: --------------------

Johnny Zoloft · 03-08-2005, 05:06 AM

why would he go to the hospital for a headache?

daydreamer999 · 03-08-2005, 05:42 AM

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Originally posted by RopeyLopey
you're an idiot.

have you ever heard of this really cool thing called irony?

daydreamer999 · 03-08-2005, 05:43 AM

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Originally posted by Johnny Zoloft
why would he go to the hospital for a headache?

because he's polish and therefore poor and ignorant

alexthestampede · 03-08-2005, 05:54 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Johnny Zoloft
why would he go to the hospital for a headache?

have you ever been to an ER?

Orchestra · 03-08-2005, 06:43 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by MADpeace

If you're talking about Phineas Gage, then I think you're downplaying it a bit. People who knew him said he was a different person completely(plus he lost his eye, ew.) But what do I know, I just found out I had a ninja turtle lodged between my nostrils for twenty years! Go figure!

motherfucker is alive though.

tear stained glass · 03-08-2005, 06:55 AM

yawn.

it'll be a lot more interesting when doctors tell a patient that they've actually been dead for twenty days despite the patient having gone on about their normal routine during that time.

Isle · 03-08-2005, 10:57 AM

this isn't as funny as the story about the man who didn't know he had a dildo up his butt for 24 years

Mariner · 03-08-2005, 11:04 AM

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Originally posted by Isle
autobiographical post

Isle · 03-08-2005, 11:05 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mariner

omg yuo knew

Mariner · 03-08-2005, 11:06 AM

i was there when it went in

03-07-2005, 08:30 PM	#1
Dead Deaddy is your daddy! Location: Veronica Mars played with my Wii. Posts: 39,187	Man unaware of five inch knife in skull Five inch knife found in man's head Hospital staff treating a retired school teacher for a headache found a five inch knife blade wedged in his head. http://www.ananova.com/images/web/219824.jpg A headteacher from Poland went to the doctors suffering from a headache, following X-rays hospital staff found a knife embedded in his head. The discovery was made after doctors X-rayed Leonard Woronowicz to see if he had cracked his skull in a fall while climbing over a stool in his kitchen four days earlier. Instead they found a blade that had penetrated the 61-year-old's head just below his right ear. It had snapped off at the handle without touching any major blood vessels or nerves - or causing any lasting damage. He said: "I thought they might give me an aspirin, instead they pulled a five inch knife blade out of my head." Woronowicz, from the Polish town of Wojnowice, said he had tripped over the stool while doing work in his kitchen. He said: "I had some tools and other gadgets scattered on the kitchen floor where I had been doing the work when I tripped. The blade from the kitchen knife must have pierced my head then. My head hurt a bit, but I was convinced that it was from the fall. There was a small gash on the side of my head near my ear, but I thought it would soon heal and did not make much of it. I put a plaster on it and left it." He added: "I didn't even guess what had happened when the next day I wanted to cut a piece of bread but couldn't find the kitchen knife. Despite carefully searching the room I could only find the handle. But I forgot about it as my headaches got worse over the next few days, and I decided to go to a hospital." Local doctors were bewildered at the sight of the X-ray pictures and immediately called for an ambulance to take the patient to the Bialystok regional centre hospital in Northern Poland. Surgeons pulled the five inch blade out of his skull in an operation that took just a few minutes. The blade had gone into his head from the side near his right ear. Dr Marek Rogowski from the Bialystok hospital said a surgeon could not have made a better job of placing the knife so that it missed all vital bones, nerves and blood vessels. He said: "We have found objects in patients' bodies before, but this is unprecedented." http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1306055.html?menu=

03-07-2005, 08:44 PM	#4
alexthestampede Banned Location: I am from the sea! Posts: 4,947	that is a fake story. i wrote it. Last edited by alexthestampede : 03-07-2005 at 08:50 PM.

03-07-2005, 10:51 PM	#12
Electra Pledge Location: Australia Posts: 163	Don't forget about the guy who swallowed his toothbrush and didn't know about it for 22 years! LINK Last edited by Electra : 03-07-2005 at 10:55 PM.

03-07-2005, 08:33 PM	#2
3Marlon3Brando Apocalyptic Poster Location: my home is the sea Posts: 4,223	i wonder if he is going to reattach the knife blade to the handle and cut some bread with it

03-07-2005, 08:34 PM	#3
Axis of Action Socialphobic Location: ur underpants lol Posts: 13,209	how in the fuck

03-07-2005, 09:00 PM	#5
alisonmonster Minion of Satan Location: gasoline alley Posts: 9,019	this sort of thing seems to happen alot - a guy at a construction site gets a nail in his skull , an old lady gets knifed in the back during a mugging and doesnt notice. How often does this shit happen anyway.

03-07-2005, 09:25 PM	#8
Fathoms Pledge Location: omnipresent Posts: 196	that guys senility meter must be off the charts!

03-07-2005, 09:25 PM	#9
jenn Minion of Satan Location: new york Posts: 6,325	Who the fuck would cut bread with that kind of knife? That's not a bread knife...that would get it all smooshed. I call conspiracy.

03-07-2005, 10:16 PM	#10
Dead Deaddy is your daddy! Location: Veronica Mars played with my Wii. Posts: 39,187	Someone send that guy a serrated blade.

03-07-2005, 11:05 PM	#13
smashingjj that person Location: LOL Party Centre Posts: 35,608	happens to me all the time

03-08-2005, 01:29 AM	#15
alexthestampede Banned Location: I am from the sea! Posts: 4,947	my dad's best friend had a pin in his knee for much of his childhood. it hurt him while it was there, too. they thought it was just knee pain or something

03-08-2005, 04:46 AM	#17
Orchestra Minion of Satan Posts: 7,776	Shit like this always happens. I learned about it in psychology. It seems the more of a moron you are the more luck you have. Such as the packing gunpower with a steel rod, then having it shoot up through his head and him survive. The only lasting affect was hes easily irritated.

03-08-2005, 05:06 AM	#21
Johnny Zoloft Apocalyptic Poster Location: Birmingham Posts: 1,184	why would he go to the hospital for a headache?

03-08-2005, 06:55 AM	#26
tear stained glass Minion of Satan Location: el lay Posts: 7,650	yawn. it'll be a lot more interesting when doctors tell a patient that they've actually been dead for twenty days despite the patient having gone on about their normal routine during that time.

03-08-2005, 10:57 AM	#27
Isle Braindead Location: Unison Posts: 19,375	this isn't as funny as the story about the man who didn't know he had a dildo up his butt for 24 years

03-08-2005, 11:06 AM	#30
Mariner OB-GYN Kenobi Location: the sea Posts: 17,020	i was there when it went in