{"id":493594,"date":"2022-09-16T22:07:05","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T19:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/i-lost-my-nose-ring-for-5-years-and-found-it-in-my-lung\/"},"modified":"2022-09-16T22:07:05","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T19:07:05","slug":"i-lost-my-nose-ring-for-5-years-and-found-it-in-my-lung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/i-lost-my-nose-ring-for-5-years-and-found-it-in-my-lung\/","title":{"rendered":"#I lost my nose ring for 5 years \u2014 and found it in my lung"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d9a55b2f29\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d9a55b2f29\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/i-lost-my-nose-ring-for-5-years-and-found-it-in-my-lung\/#%E2%80%9CI_lost_my_nose_ring_for_5_years_%E2%80%94_and_found_it_in_my_lung%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;I lost my nose ring for 5 years \u2014 and found it in my lung&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CI_lost_my_nose_ring_for_5_years_%E2%80%94_and_found_it_in_my_lung%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;I lost my nose ring for 5 years \u2014 and found it in my lung&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>It\u2019s not the kind of five-year engagement ring one hopes for.<\/p>\n<p>A piercing addict who lost his nose ring in the night was horrified five years later when he discovered it had been inside his lung that whole time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe doctor said I\u2019d won \u2018best case of the night,\u2019 \u201d Joey Lykins, 35, told Kennedy <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> of his breath-taking ordeal. \u201cI\u2019ve never heard of this h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ening before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lykins\u2019 respiratory \u201cLord of the Rings\u201d journey began five years ago, after the Cincinnati native, who boasts a whopping 12 piercings, awoke without his nose ring. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI woke up and my septum piercing was gone, and I couldn\u2019t find it anywhere,\u201d the distraught groundskeeper described. \u201cI\u2019d had it pierced for three or four years [by that point].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cI thought maybe I\u2019d swallowed it. I looked everywhere. I flipped the bed over. I did everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow\" data-component=\"inlineSlideshow\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slides\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"443\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=443\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"&quot;It's one of those things that's hard to believe unless you have proof,&quot; said Joey Lykins, 35, who kept the X-rays and photos of the surgery so people would believe him.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=886 886w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=664 664w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=443 443w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=221 221w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                    &#8220;It&#8217;s one of those things that&#8217;s hard to believe unless you have proof,&#8221; said Joey Lykins, 35, who kept the X-rays and photos of the surgery as evidence.                               <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">Kennedy News and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                    Lykins couldn&#8217;t believe it when the ring showed up in an X-ray of his lung.                             <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">Kennedy News and Media<\/span><br \/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_10.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_10.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_10.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_10.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_10.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_10.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                    The culprit was finally removed after spending a half-decade in Lykins&#8217; left lung.                              <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">Kennedy News and Media<\/span><br \/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After failing to find the missing horseshoe barbell, Lykins finally gave up and replaced the nasal ornament.<\/p>\n<p>The Ohioan then forgot about the lost accessory until several weeks ago, when he woke up at 2:30 am \u201ccoughing really hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was coughing so hard that my back was starting to hurt,\u201d the poor fellow described. \u201cI felt like something was blocking my airways, and I thought I was sick.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Initially thinking he had \u201cpneumonia\u201d or another respiratory affliction, Lykins reported to the hospital for an examination.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"831\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_12.jpg?w=831\" alt=\"Lykins said his wife couldn't believe it when he told her about his lung piercing.\" class=\"wp-image-23893369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_12.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1662 1662w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_12.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1246 1246w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_12.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=831 831w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_12.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=415 415w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_12.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 831px) 100vw, 831px\"\/><figcaption>Lykins said his wife couldn\u2019t believe it when he told her about his accidental lung piercing.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Kennedy News and Media<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_15-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"&quot;I didn't know what was going on but I never have thought that's what it was,&quot; said Lykins. &quot;I've never heard of it happening before.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-23893375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_15-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_15-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_15-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cI didn\u2019t know what was going on, but I [would] never have thought that\u2019s what it was,\u201d said Lykins. \u201cI\u2019ve never heard of it happening before.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Kennedy News and Media<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_13.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Lykins said the ring surprisingly didn't cause him any symptoms until recently.\" class=\"wp-image-23893370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_13.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_13.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_13.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Lykins said the ring surprisingly didn\u2019t cause him any symptoms until recently.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Kennedy News and Media<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>The results took his breath away: Subsequent X-rays revealed that the ring was inexplicably lodged in the upper lobe of his left lung. \u201cThe doctor came in and showed me the X-ray picture and said, \u2018Does this look familiar?\u2019 \u201d the flabbergasted piercing enthusiast exclaimed. \u201cI was like, \u2018You\u2019ve got to be kidding me! I\u2019ve been looking for that.\u2019 \u201c<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t know what was going on, but I never [would] have thought that\u2019s what it was,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<p>Lykins believes that the ring had fallen out of his nose while he was sleeping and then <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ed down his \u201cwindpipe\u201d and ended up in his lung. <\/p>\n<p>However, he found his affliction particularly hard to fathom as his accidental lung ring didn\u2019t really cause him any problems until recently. \u201cI\u2019ve coughed, but I never thought too much of it,\u201d explained Lykins, adding that he was just glad it didn\u2019t pierce his lung.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if it could have caused damage, but it was wrapped up in scar tissue, so it didn\u2019t look like it was going anywhere,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"623\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_2.jpg?w=623\" alt=\"Lykins says he's glad the nose ring didn't give him an inadvertent lung piercing.\" class=\"wp-image-23893227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1246 1246w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=934 934w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=623 623w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=311 311w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\"\/><figcaption>Lykins said he\u2019s glad the nose ring didn\u2019t give him an inadvertent lung piercing.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Kennedy News and Media<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_3.jpg?w=769\" alt=\"Lykins says he'll never put the ring back in his nose again.\" class=\"wp-image-23893230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1538 1538w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1154 1153w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=769 769w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=385 384w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/KNM_NOSE_RING_FOUND_IN_LUNG_3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\"\/><figcaption>Lykins said he\u2019ll never put the ring back in his nose again.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Kennedy News and Media<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nonetheless, the patient was referred to a specialist three days later for surgery. He underwent a bronchoscopy \u2014 in which doctors passed a thin tube down his throat and into his\u00a0lungs, so they could retrieve his buried treasure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey put me to sleep, put a camera down my windpipe with a little grabber, grabbed it, pulled it out and gave it back to me,\u201d described Lykins, who understandably decided against putting it back in his nose.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI kept it as a souvenir,\u201d he declared. \u201cI won\u2019t be wearing it again.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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