If I Had a Hammer, I’d . . . : Romanian Man Comes Up With Home Remedy for Constipation

This is a case where there is no one to sue, let alone to blame, beyond yourself. Viorel Firoiu was having constipation problems after eating cherries and decided to try work things out with the use of two hammers that had to be removed by doctors. This may come as something of a surprise, but he had been drinking. It brings a new meaning to being hammered.

The hospital was a bit surprised when they gave him an x-ray for stomach pain only to see the above hammer heads in his body.

Yes, in case you were wondering, he used the second hammer to try to dislodge the first hammer. Fortunately, there was no local hardware store available so that was not a further proliferation of lower-bowel tools.

These doctors are not unique in finding surprise objects in rectal surgeries, though at least they did not film the event here.

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