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[Phinneus Gage]

Originally posted by NotFromHere


LITTLETON, Colo. — A dentist found the source of the toothache Patrick Lawler was complaining about on the roof of his mouth: a 4-inch nail the construction worker had unknowingly embedded in his skull six days earlier.

He was taken to a suburban Denver hospital, where he underwent a four-hour surgery. The nail had plunged 1-1/2 inches into his brain, barely missing his right eye, Metcalse said.

Lawler told KUSA-TV in Denver that the nail gun had recoiled and hit him in the mouth. "For six days we were icing it and taking Advil, thinking I got hit real hard, like a punch. Way off!"

Lawler was recovering yesterday in the hospital, where he was expected to spend several more days. Despite his lack of medical insurance and hospital bills of between $80,000 and $100,000, Katerina Lawler said her husband is in good spirits.

"The doctors said, 'If you're going to have a nail in the brain, that's the way you want it to be,' " she said. "He's the luckiest guy, ever."

Luckiest guy ever? Hm...

This guy is a pussy. He's a poor man's me.