About fourteen years ago I noted a rather painful bump under the skin of my left calf. While it is entirely possible that it was driven in their with a more recent injury, when I cut it open I pulled out a thorn that I am pretty sure was driven into my leg about eight or nine years before that. I had been riding my bike on some state game land, when I hit a rut and went body over handlebars into a bush with these nasty, two inch thorns.

We got the majority out at the urgent care center, but some were in deep and would later surface – mostly over the following two years. The problem was that I was a pretty bloody mess with thorns in my legs, up my side, in my stomach, butt, arms, two in my face and a couple in my scalp – so it was easy to miss some. Now that I think about it, that was one of those times my mother was rather appreciating her god’s “protection” of me – because I didn’t lose an eye.

In any case, I am sorry you had to deal with migrating string and that it was so very painful. I expect you have dealt with more than your fair share of pain over the last year and hope that this will be an end to it – at least the worst of it. I would assume that there will be some moderate pain for some time to come.

glad for the story. hope to see you soon and elude to some of mine. xx