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Experience: a brain surgeon dropped part of my skull on the floor

I was a healthy 34-year-old when a mass of blood vessels ruptured close to my brain. It took three neurosurgeons and a risky 16-hour operation to fix me On a Sunday in May 2017, I was at the gym and using a chest press when there was this pop.

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