California man uses butter knife, cigarette in home hernia surgery #p2 #tcot

http://www.nationalpost.com/California+uses+butter+knife+cigarette+home+hernia+surgery/5176208/story.html

A 63-year-old California man with a hernia plunged a butter knife into his abdomen to try to fix the problem, and later put a lit cigarette in the wound. Police found the man lying naked on the porch of his apartment in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale after his wife called to report his attempt at surgery. "He actually impaled himself with the butter knife," said Sergeant Tom Lorenz, a Glendale police spokesman. "He told his wife he was frustrated with this hernia, and he didn't want to wait any longer for the medical procedure." Police watched as the man, after pulling the knife out of his abdomen, put a lit cigarette into the wound. Sgt. Lorenz said the unidentified man had committed no crime and was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol. He was taken to Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, where he was put on a psychiatric hold. Doctors are expected to perform the surgery to fix his hernia.