Hospital Releases Woman With Giant Tumor ...a 176 lb benign tumor

[ElsewheresDaughter]

BUCHAREST, Romania - A woman whose 176-pound benign tumor was removed by an American surgeon and Romanian doctors was released from the hospital on ...

http://sitesearch.washingtonpost.com/cgi-bin/search99.pl?searchdatabase=serf&serf_ap=on&ap=on&day_count=2&category=i&sel_code_num=&headline=-%22AP%20Top%22

[Sticky]

1. Talk about quick weight loss!

"Her tumor covered much of her back and ran halfway down her thighs. Without it, she weighs 88 pounds, doctors said. The growing tumor had absorbed blood and nutrients from her body like a giant parasite."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2004-01-22-giant-tumor_x.htm

(alternate link)

[ElsewheresDaughter]

2. thank you for the link...a Wisconson women in 2000 had a 200 lb tumor

removed ........crazy

[shanti]

5. wasn't that

the same woman whose surgery was on discovery channel? the before and after pics were astounding!

[rocktivity]

8. I must have seen that same show, Seek

It's stuck in my mind because she said that every other doctor basically told her to go home and die. But one was willing to operate.

:headbang:
rocknation

[finn]

3. could be a repug thugs still hiding from military service

they will do anything to not serve in the military

[The Backlash Cometh]

6. But what happens if they removed the person and released the tumor

from the hospital!

[Eurobabe]

11. oh kinda like Bu$h is to the whole USA?

[DS1]

4. So that's where Whitey Bulger's been hiding

Bulger

/OK :spank: me

[Roaming]

7. Yikes! Why did she wait so long to see a doctor about this?

[Toucano]

9. Her HMO considered it a pre-existing condition.

Just kidding.

[daleo]

10. It could have been Cheney

Except they said it wasn't malignant.

[Eurobabe]

12. LOL!!!

[mouse7]

13. Stole my line!

Damn you!

[0rganism]

14. Sorry, I can't consider a parasite that weighs 176 lbs "benign"

Article lost me in the first sentence. Especially since the link doesn't get me the rest of the article.

Did they get any comments from the tumor? Holy shit!

[leftofthedial]

15. The US has a 176-pound tumor residing in the White House

Here's hoping it can be removed too.