What’s That In My Foot?

[DJBrad]

I thought I would post this story since I see a lot of strange things in the clinical setting wrt radiographical findings. I was shooting xrays on this 60 y/o Spanish speaking male. He had a written order for weight bearing views of his right foot for concern of a mass growing in size over the past few months. I marked the spot with a BB which gives better localization for the Radiologist who reads the images. On the first shot I was like, “Fmj?”. Of course I asked the guy when he was last shot while running away, lol. “12 years ago”, he said. “They said they took that out of me.” Nope. Happened in Santo Domingo.

 

[DarthRevan]

Damn, you’d think he’d notice it sooner.

 

[xtry51]

Jesus. Lol. How can you not tell there is a f***ing bullet still in your foot??

 

[bfm]

You would think he would have noticed this sooner.

I have about a dozen screws in my ankle and I can feel the heads of every one of them.


Edit to add that I need to type faster.

 

[Asaltweapon]

I bet that hurt.

 

[DJBrad]

He’s gonna get a dozen screws eventually. I didn’t ask if he had any fractures from the shooting but incidentally he has bad OA in most tarsal bones and the entire ankle joint.

 

[lowbuckbob]

The Good Feet Store?

 

[Quantavious G]

I think he stepped on a Pez candy. What did his taxpayer funded interpreter say?

 

[drgrant]

My exes youngest (at tge time, like 9 yrs old?) stepped on a toothpick and it broke off in her foot. They removed it but she literally didn’t stop limping until she was about 14 or so.

 

[DJBrad]

One take away is that anyone shot goes on to live a full life after the shooting because of FMJ. If these were RIP’s or HST’s you can imagine there would be a hell of a lot more scrubbed from this plane. I’m sure there are many still out there living their best after taking a Glaser slug too.

 

[EddieA]

And I thought stepping on a Lego sucked!

 

[richc]

Jesus. Lol. How can you not tell there is a f***ing bullet still in your foot??

Until the statute of limitations runs out, of course!

 

[ReluctantDecoy]

Wow...and completely intact. I'd save that as a lucky charm. Wonder if he was shot multiple times. They pulled one out thinking they found it, but there was a second in there.

 

[Rob Boudrie]

Jesus. Lol. How can you not tell there is a f***ing bullet still in your foot??

I've seen it happen (literally). Short form - person shoot self in leg, falls over, thinks hole in thigh was from keys in his pocket. Eventually sees MD about foot pain weeks later when an x-ray is taken and a 225 LRN 45 ACP projectile was found. Subject later died a natural death, and was never an NES contributor.

 

[drgrant]

One take away is that anyone shot goes on to live a full life after the shooting because of FMJ. If these were RIP’s or HST’s you can imagine there would be a hell of a lot more scrubbed from this plane. I’m sure there are many still out there living their best after taking a Glaser slug too.

Did they pull the bullet and weigh it? was it a 115 or something 80 or 90?

I'm going to guess that bullet got there from a ricochet or something like that, or went through some intermediate barrier before it hit their foot.

 

[Sweeney]

I think he was shot in-uterine.

 

[EMTDAD]

I think he was shot in-uterine.

no.. it was definitely in-dafoot.

 

[Climbnsink]

Ammo is hard to find. Pocketknife and a press and he be in the money.

 

[DJBrad]

Did they pull the bullet and weigh it? was it a 115 or something 80 or 90?

I'm going to guess that bullet got there from a ricochet or something like that, or went through some intermediate barrier before it hit their foot.

I posted this about 5 mins after finishing the study. They may look at that X-ray and determine he needs some corrective surgery as well, so maybe do a package deal ala Mass health.

Based on the position of the boolit I would say he was running away and someone was shooting low. Maybe a Big Papi scenario. Ricochet off the ground or could also have been off a hard object around the area.

 

[IPSC_DRL]

Looks to be in un-altered state. I doubt ricochet.

I was not at the event Boudrie described however I am quite familiar with the case and knew the injured fellow.

It WAS literally weeks. Once it was discovered, the joke going around the club was that John's Dr. had placed him on a diet.




So far he has lost 225 grains........................................

 

[PATRON]

O P, are you violating some kind of HIPAA law?

 

[Upland]

O P, are you violating some kind of HIPAA law?

I wouldn’t want to see the OP shoot himself in the foot because of this post.

 

[Reptile]

He was jellin.

 

[Sparkey]

great my tax dollars paying for some illegal to get surgery send him back

 

[EddieA]

Does he have a permit to posses ammo?

 

[Uzi2]

I got a piece of brass embedded in my cheek just under my safety glasses from an out of battery in an Uzi ( I'm left handed) so my face was exposed to the ejection port and it took two years to surface. I told my doctor about it about a couple of weeks after it happened and he said as long as it's not infected it will work its way out......it did two years later. It snagged on a washcloth when I was washing my face so I got the tweezers out and carefully worked it out of the skin. I didn't know the shape of it so I was careful. Turned out to be just slightly larger than 1/8th X 1/8th piece of shell casing brass.
I taped it to a piece of paper to show my doc next visit and told him he was right, it just took a while. Still have in a drawer somewhere.....just a reminder to wear eye protection.

 

[Jude Thaddeus]

Wow this reminds me of the piece of glass I pulled out of my left hand by the base of my thumb. I put my fist through a windshield (don’t ask) and cut myself when I pulled out. This happened when I was 16. The beginning of this year I pulled this out of it after two months of a weird lump by the scar. The glass was in there for almost 26 years. Taught me to never pull out!

 

[mpd61]

He's NOT violating HIPPA..........
He doesn't reveal any identifying information regarding who the patient is

 

[Mountain]

I bet he would not be walking around on that if it were a .40.
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[DJBrad]

O P, are you violating some kind of HIPAA law?

Nope. No identifying information provided. You need names, id’s, pictures of patient, etc for it to violate HIPAA. Merely age, gender, etc, and accompanying xrays or diagnostic tests is like a journal study.