I had the same problem in my mid twenties for a year or two. I finally went in and had surgery to fix the "sit-uation". When the doc was done, he showed me the offending object, which was about 2-3 inches long, and kindly offered to let me take it home as a souvenir. Would have made a nice piece for a necklace or sumpin. After long consideration, I decided to pass on it. Those specialists are some funny bastards. Guess you'd have to have a pretty good sense of humor for that line of work.
"One in a million shot doc!" - Frank Costanza