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Shocked Russian surgeons open up man who thought he had a tumour...find a FIR TREE inside his lung
dailymail.co.uk ^
| April 14, 2009
| Will Stewart
Posted on 04/14/2009 11:15:40 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Shocked Russian surgeons claim they found a five-centimetre fir tree growing inside a man's lung as they operated on him for suspected cancer.
The amazing discovery apparently was made when they opened up Artyom Sidorkin, 28, to remove what they thought was a serious tumour.
Sidorkin had complained of extreme pain in his chest and had been coughing up blood. Doctors were convinced he had cancer, Russian website mosnews.com reported.
'We were 100 per cent sure,' said surgeon Vladimir Kamashev from Izhevsk in the Urals. 'We did X-rays and found what looked exactly like a tumour.
'I had seen hundreds before, so we decided on surgery.'
Before removing part of the man's lung, the surgeon investigated the tissue - and said they found what looked like grown fir tree needles in it.
'I thought I was hallucinating,' said Kamashev.
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TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: biology; health; medicine; surgery
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To: Free ThinkerNY
That’s socialized health care for ya. You can grow trees inside you before your ticket comes up for medical care. /sarcasm
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posted on
04/14/2009 11:17:50 AM PDT
by
OafOfOffice
("If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace"Thomas Paine)
To: Free ThinkerNY
His main symptom was a bark from deep in his chest.
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posted on
04/14/2009 11:17:53 AM PDT
by
dblshot
To: dblshot
He’s gonna get needled about that!
O Tannenbaum ....
4
posted on
04/14/2009 11:19:33 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(We live in interesting times: now the entire IRS works for a tax evader)
To: Free ThinkerNY
...Damn, I was just about to take LSD, Rye ergot growing in my stomach? Naaaaa...
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posted on
04/14/2009 11:19:44 AM PDT
by
gargoyle
(It's a good day to die for this Nations Freedom. Regret for only one life for my country.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Shocked Russian surgeons claim they found a five-centimetre fir tree growing inside a man's lung as they operated on him for suspected cancer. They need to get a better X-Ray machine. Something more modern than 1962.
Good news is the radiation he probably got from that old equipment may have killed any cancer...
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posted on
04/14/2009 11:20:10 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
( “Saving the New York Times now ranks with saving Darfur as a high-minded cause.”NYTimes Bill Kell)
To: silverleaf
Do you think it changed the timbre of his singing?
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posted on
04/14/2009 11:21:07 AM PDT
by
SJSAMPLE
To: Free ThinkerNY
Fresh breath, pine scented.
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posted on
04/14/2009 11:21:15 AM PDT
by
AirForceMom
(Locked and loaded, and sharpening wooden stakes.)
To: gargoyle
'I thought I was hallucinating,' said Kamashev.
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posted on
04/14/2009 11:21:28 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
( “Saving the New York Times now ranks with saving Darfur as a high-minded cause.”NYTimes Bill Kell)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Did the doctors tap him for the syrup?
10
posted on
04/14/2009 11:21:42 AM PDT
by
pepsi_junkie
(Who is John Galt?)
To: SJSAMPLE
I think he’ll no longer have to be in a cone of silence
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posted on
04/14/2009 11:22:14 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(We live in interesting times: now the entire IRS works for a tax evader)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Not to be “outgreened”, Les Flertner of Elyria, Ohio immediately set about the arduous task of mulching his liver in preparation for the arduous task of starting a vegetable garden in his peritonal cavity.
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posted on
04/14/2009 11:26:23 AM PDT
by
Attention Surplus Disorder
(Mr. Bernanke, have you started working on your book about the second GREATER depression?")
To: Free ThinkerNY
Ah, how could it be growing without sunlight?
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posted on
04/14/2009 11:27:08 AM PDT
by
Heartland Mom
("Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." - Ronald Reagan)
To: silverleaf
Perhaps had the surgeon looked in the other lung he would have found a partridge. Then we would have a partridge in a fir tree......
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posted on
04/14/2009 11:28:09 AM PDT
by
Tarheel
(From the Old North State)
To: silverleaf
The growing fir tree was a real pine in the chest
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posted on
04/14/2009 11:28:19 AM PDT
by
never4get
(We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid)
To: Free ThinkerNY
“Shocked Russian surgeons open up man who thought he had a tumour...find a FIR TREE inside his lung”
I hate it when that happens.
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posted on
04/14/2009 11:28:29 AM PDT
by
kidd
(Obama: The triumph of hope over evidence)
To: Free ThinkerNY
His wife thought he was a sap.
17
posted on
04/14/2009 11:28:57 AM PDT
by
ducdriver
(judica me, Deus, et discerne causam meam de gente non sancta. (Ps. 42))
To: SJSAMPLE
Interesting thought! Perhaps he’s found not only the permanent cure for bad breath, but all his neighbors are inviting him to ride in their cars based as his reputation as the “human air freshener”.
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posted on
04/14/2009 11:31:34 AM PDT
by
Attention Surplus Disorder
(Mr. Bernanke, have you started working on your book about the second GREATER depression?")
To: dblshot
puns like that one have a way of branching out.....
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posted on
04/14/2009 11:31:47 AM PDT
by
joe fonebone
(When you ask God for help, sometimes he sends the Marines.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Better a fir tree than an alien...
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