Woman shoots herself to get doctors to treat shoulder pain.
Woman's shooting backfires Francis X. Donnelly The Detroit News Shooting oneself probably isn't the best way to force doctors to treat an earlier injury.
So muses a Niles woman whose lack of health insurance prevented her from receiving treatment for a painful sprained shoulder.
Kathy Myers, 41, who shot herself in the shoulder Thursday, is now waiting to see if prosecutors will file charges against her.
Her girlfriend is livid with her. And, worst of all, doctors treated only the gunshot wound, ignoring the shoulder sprain.
"I regret it because I accomplished nothing," she said from her home Monday. She had hoped the bullet from the .25-caliber handgun would hit a bone or artery, forcing doctors to perform surgery on her aching shoulder.
The projectile hit neither, exiting the other side of her arm. Of course, if it had hit an artery, Myers might not have been talking Monday because she might not have been alive. more... West Michigan Dummy
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