I took my son to the pool this morning at around 10am. We stayed for about 90 min until I agreed that instead of eating lunch, I would take him out for some ice cream. I put him in his car seat and then popped the trunk to put his swim toys in there. As I was walking to my seat, I stopped to let out a big sneeze. I covered my nose and felt something scrape on the inside of my nose. It hit my hand and then fell to the pavement below me. My nose started bleeding profusely and I knelt down to see what it was that just cut my fuckin nose. I picked it up and it was a small, rough edged piece of shrapnel. Rustic looking piece of metal with some faily sharp edges.
Was hit by an IED in 2005. Deployed twice since then and saw basically nothing except for a bunch of cups of coffee and powerpoint slides. The IED that hit me put a bunch of small pieces of shrapnel into my neck/shoulder-blade area. Never once have experienced any weird pain or headaches as a result of that blast. Been 100% fine actually.
Popped the trunk again and found an old t-shirt and used it to stop the bleeding. I can feel a cut on the inside of my nose but its pretty far in there. It's scary and annoying at the same time. How is this possible?