Holy crap, he pulled the rod out himself?? That's a wild story, @samsmith1971. Yeah, metal is just wrong inside our bodies. I guess some people don't really notice, but my foot was like: "This foreign object is not going to be assimilated! Get it out!"

I cannot read at the very end of the day either, my dear. I just fall over. So I listen to audio books. Constantly. I read about three books a month that way. When I'm walking, gardening, biking, doing laundry, etc. etc., I'm listening to books!