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Stanstead Abbotts man's delight with titanium cranium | Stanstead Abbotts man's delight with titanium cranium |
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A man who had a large chunk of his skull removed after a balcony fall says he cannot believe how good he feels after having the damage repaired. | |
Doctors in Thailand cut out a portion from Lee Charie's head to relieve his brain after the fall on holiday. | Doctors in Thailand cut out a portion from Lee Charie's head to relieve his brain after the fall on holiday. |
But just over a year on, the 32-year-old from Hertfordshire has had a metal plate fitted, and hopes that his new look can help him to find a wife. | But just over a year on, the 32-year-old from Hertfordshire has had a metal plate fitted, and hopes that his new look can help him to find a wife. |
"It is what it is - it has fixed me," he said. | "It is what it is - it has fixed me," he said. |
Mr Charie, from Stanstead Abbots, said he could not remember falling off the hotel balcony in Koh Tao in December 2012. | Mr Charie, from Stanstead Abbots, said he could not remember falling off the hotel balcony in Koh Tao in December 2012. |
But after waking up to see part of his skull missing, he said he cried for two weeks. | But after waking up to see part of his skull missing, he said he cried for two weeks. |
He recovered in hospital for a month, and then took his skull-part home in a polystyrene box in the hope that UK surgeons might piece his head back together. | He recovered in hospital for a month, and then took his skull-part home in a polystyrene box in the hope that UK surgeons might piece his head back together. |
Specialists were able to create a 3D mould from the bone that was then used to make a titanium plate to fit his head. | Specialists were able to create a 3D mould from the bone that was then used to make a titanium plate to fit his head. |
Describing the difference the metal plate has made to his life, Mr Charie said: "I couldn't believe how good I felt. | Describing the difference the metal plate has made to his life, Mr Charie said: "I couldn't believe how good I felt. |
"Even the way I'm thinking and see things and understand things - I don't know how or why but it (the plate) really helps, it really does." | "Even the way I'm thinking and see things and understand things - I don't know how or why but it (the plate) really helps, it really does." |
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