Piece of plastic in my leg

MamaB247...what is a foot peel?
I had special 'drawing ' dressings on three times but they didnt 'draw it out....
Didnt get to speak to GP yesterday after spending an hour trying to get through on the phone!
It's not looking angry/inflamed so not unduly worried now...especially with all the posts re others having various foreign bodies under their skin for long periods of time...

I stood on a broken glass bottle when I was youngerm ended up with a bottle rim shaped scar. I was told repeatedly they couldn't see anything lef tin. No x-ray etc. Felt sore for years. Always had a half moon shaped ridge on my foot. Last year 20 years after the original incident I began to use foot peels. After the first one I felt something hard and assumed it was a calus. It seemed the same shape as the sacr. So I used another foot peel the following month only to begin peeling the skin as it began to work and a huge pice of glass fell out of my foot. Along with a lot of puss and a bit of blood. I mean this peice although thin was effectively the rim of the broken bottle. Can't believe they missed it but it was so satisfying when it did come out. Now I was comfortabley and the wrongfully diagnosed plantarfacilitis seems to be cured. Don't suppose you can do that with your leg.

Yes, it is excellent.

glammagran I wonder if I have a pen nib stuck in my rear end from umpteen years ago, that could explain my sciatica flare ups.
Thank you Susan G.

The best thing i have found for drawing anything is Magnesium sulphate only about £1 a small jar

My diabetic daughter has used insulin since a very age and has broken two needles while doing her injection. So she has two bits of a needle embedded in her arm, they have been there for over 40 years. Always been told that they will work themselves out but they never have.

I have the tip of a lead pencil in the palm of my right hand where I was stabbed aged 5 by another child in my class (thanks, Sharon Moss). It was visible for decades but I can only very faintly see it now. I didn’t mention to my parents.

I've still got tiny bits of gravel embedded in the soft part of my knee, the soft part below the kneecap, after falling from my moped. This happened over 15 years ago. I had stitches for a deep cut there, was cleaned and patched up but was told the gravel was embedded. The bits would stay or work themselves out over time. They have stayed, to no ill effect and no problems.

My dad had a couple of bits of shrapnel in his shin from a wartime grenade. They worked their way to the surface in the eighties and were removed then!

When i was in school and doing archery, one of the plastic feathers from the arrow skimmed my finger. Although I could see nothing but a small cut, I felt there was something there. It did heal over, but was a small lump.

Months later, while absently scratching my itchy finger, the plastic feather came out. Like others have said, it will most likely work its way out in time.

Last Thursday my friend‘S 88 year old H decided his metal watch strap was very loose as he has lost weight.
She offered to take it to the jewellers but as a stubborn old coot, no he could do it himself.
As he took the pin out he pressed it between his thumb and forefinger and it just disappeared into the flesh, no sign of it.
She took him to A&E and it showed up on X-ray.
They had him back on Friday and took it out under a local anaesthetic, unfortunately his BP dropped alarmingly and they kept him for several hours.
He is fine now, all strapped up but no pin in his finger.

jerseygirl I have been to A&E...
Callistemon...I can feel it when I run my fingers over my shin..

I had carpal tunnel syndrome in my wrist and the GP said it wouldn’t go away unless it was operated on. I tried acupuncture and it went away almost immediately and I haven’t had any problems since. I still go for acupuncture every 6 weeks to keep my irregular heartbeat under control. All those
Chinese can’t be wrong!

because it's in my shin and not much flesh there!
It can't be that deep then. A scan would show where it is.

I hope you don't get fobbed off this time.

Surely you need to get this piece of plastic out otherwise it will continue to be infected. I would go to A&E. I'm sure they will get it out for you. Good luck

Acupuncture can definitely take away pain,
I had very bad painful sciatica,a few years ago to the point i was in tears,
I had Acupuncture and had no pain after that

No x-ray because was told that plastic doesn't show up..
Am covered re tetanus..
Going to speak to GP tomorrow on the phone.. cant actually go to see him..
At A&E...I asked if they could give me a local anaesthetic and cut it out...she said it was difficult because it's in my shin and not much flesh there!

ExaltedWombat

"eventually it was Acupuncture which took away the pain permanently."

No it wasn't. It just 'got better'. Mostly, things do. And yes, if you stick a pin in the right place it can make a muscle jump.

But the main point is that you feel better. Good.

What a very silly and trite comment. What are you actually trying to say? My debilitating foot pain resolved all on its own during a session of treatment for it? Well, you weren't there, I was recounting my own experience and not yours - and since I am not 10 years old, your patronising tone adds nothing helpful to this thread.

Surely you had a xray to confirm position. Must be no danger in that respect to tissues etc. Antibiotics should have cleared any infection from dirt. Only concern I would have is that sometimes 'foreign bodies' can float to the surface making the area on the surface kind of delicate. Would check with GP exactly what hospital recorded regarding the wound and treatment.

Probably, it will be all right, as medical professionals are happy to leave it alone.

Most people in our age group were innoculated against tetanus as babies, and you have been given antibiotics.

A lot of spinters and other foreign bodies work their way out in the course of time, but do ask your doctor for more details, as there is no point either in worrying if there is no need, or just accepting that no more needs to be done, if you feel something should be done.

I can see why he`s your X icanhandthemback.
Pleased it came out though.

Are people still getting doctors appointments !!? Well done the area you’re living in. Just went through 64 questions ...online...to be told by email to go to my surgery and shout my requirements out loud through an intercom system with other people behind me in queue!!! As it’s a routine app. ( 6 monthly) of a personal nature....would you!!?

Google foreign body inside soft tissue. It’s says it’s sometimes left inside and will work it’s way out but may take weeks or months but may not come out at all.
Then it read they may not take it out as it maybe to near to nerves and muscle and create more of a problem by extracting it. However it did say you should 100% have a tetanus injection.

I sometimes show grandchildren a splinter that still shows in my left little finger that has been there for 70 years. I can remember giving up trying to get it out.

GrammarGrandma

When I had my hysterectomy in 1990, the incision was sewn up with one long blue plastic "stitch." When it came time to take it out the (student) nurse made the mistake of snipping the knots at both ends. Of course it immediately pinged to a shorter length than the wound. It's still there and I've barely thought of it over the last thirty years!

I have a piece of plastic in me from where I had surgery and can sometimes feel it irritating me. When I mentioned it at a hospital checkup, the registrar poo pooed the idea that there would be a piece of plastic sealing off a blood vessel but the sister in the room nodded and said yes, there was.

The difference is that I presume my piece of plastic is clean and sterile and hadn't been using for strimming first.

At least you needed to have an anti-tetanus vaccination, farview.

Recently had a piece of bracken which speared my leg and was deeply embedded , went to A&E and had to have it cut out as the consultant could not pull it out as it had a hook on it. Had a tetanus booster and antibiotics, was told that it had to come from there as it would cause an infection. I would have it removed, as mentioned previously probably dirty. Learnt not to go walking the coast path in a skirt!