Margaret Wegner, 59, will no longer have to suffer the chronic headaches and nosebleeds she has been subject to since she was 4. Thanks to advances in medical technology, doctors were able to remove almost all of the 3.1 inch long pencil that accidentally bored through Wegner's skin 55 years ago and eventually became lodged in her brain.

In an interview with a local newspaper, Wegner described the bizarre incident that how she fell over while carrying the pencil in her hand and accidentally stabbed herself in the head.

"It bored right through the skin and disappeared into my head," Wegner told Bild. "It hurt like crazy."

Dr. Hans Behrbohm, who performed the surgery on Wegner, said the time period that has elapsed since the incident made the surgery more complicated.

"This was something unique because the trauma was so old," he told the AP

Behrbohm said the surgery could not remove a 0.79-inch piece of the pencil from Wegner's head, but it does not pose any danger.