I had this piece of aluminum in my hand since December 10th. After many attempts, I finally got it out today.

On december 10th I bought a new 32 foot aluminum ladder that unfortunately had been damaged in store. Before I could notice I quickly picked the ladder up and sliced my palm open pretty good on the sharp burrs. that slice has since healed obviously. At the time, after cleaning the cut I was certain it was clean and nothing was in it, I thought the slice was deeper at the bottom and that's why it hurt so bad for a few days after. Fast forward 2 weeks the "slice" had healed normally but felt stabbing pain and was left with a pink lump at the bottom where it hurt the most. turns out my hand was able to completely heal over the clean aluminum and it took 3 more "at home surgery" attempts over 2 weeks of scoring my palm with a razor and picking as deep as I could to find anything at all? After days of squeezing and pain and some minor relief, it seemed like it was changing. 2 days ago I had constant pressure and I noticed the skin around where I had tried to get into my the wound had refused to heal. so today I made one final attempt before calling the doctor. finally I was able use tweezers and grab what I thought was going to be a small fragment, that turned out to be over a half inch long shard or spiralled razor sharp aluminum.

Instant relief!!