No one will probably believe me in a million years, because this just does not sound probable, but I'm going to say this, anyway. When I was much younger, perhaps 23 years of age, the bones under the base of my tongue shattered for no apparent reason. I could feel these tiny bone fragments moving about, and the pain was tremendous, cutting me from within. Soon, these bones had formed into a pile, so I elected to remove them myself in order to avoid a trip to the E.R. I made an incision and pulled out what appeared to be yellow pieces of bone, or possibly cartiledge, followed by gray chunks of tissue. There was no bleeding, whatsoever, and no pain afterwards. I have suffered no ill effects from that very surreal situation. No affect was made upon my speech. It has always just sort of haunted me, however, and if there is anyone who can explain what happened, a scientific explanation would be greatly appreciated, and would give me some closure. I have done other self-surgeries, but none so bizarre as this.