Scissor me timbers
Anne, a French woman in her 30’s, decided to get a tummy tuck procedure last year. All was fine for five months until, after having a coughing fit, she found part of the four-inch long surgical scissors used in the procedure protruding from her belly button. When she went to the original surgeon, he offered to take it out for free as a “Valentine’s Day present.”
Magnets and such
Overnight surgery was needed for an eight-year-old girl who swallowed 10 magnets and 20 steel balls from a toy set. Doctors attempted to repair eight holes that were made in her intestines. The Indiana girl said she ate the magnets and steel balls because they “looked like candy.”
Felt-tipped pen
Doctors found a felt-tipped pen that had been inside the stomach of a 76-year-old British woman for 25 years. The woman went in for a checkup on an unrelated problem when they found the object. She recalled accidentally swallowing the pen years earlier. When it was removed, they found that it still wrote clearly.
Brotherly love
In 1999, a 36-year-old man from Nagpur, India was rushed to the hospital and was shocked to discover a half-formed human with hands and feet in his stomach. The man was found to have suffered from a rare medical condition in which the fetus of his twin was trapped inside him while they were in the mum’s womb. It survived as a parasite by leaching blood from its ‘normal’ human brother.
Dinner for 78
There were 78 different items of cutlery inside the stomach of a 52-year-old Dutch woman. Doctors removed 26 forks and 52 spoons. The woman suffered from a personality disorder that gave her an urge to eat cutlery. The obsession, known as pica, is when individuals crave and eat non-food substances. The woman has made a full recovery.