 [ Symptoms ] i have headaches everyday tingling and pain in my feet at a loss at what to do [ Disease ] common no can it happen yes if the person who sutured you did not use absorbable sutures supposed to dissolve in a few weeks to a month or s0 and used cotton or regular suture material this can occur sometimes fibers from clothing can be trapped under the skin if your wound was not carefully irrigated why it took ten years i can not say since i have no way of seeing this string like substance to be sure of its nature or confirming that it is old suture material