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World's tallest woman leaves hospital (7 1/2 Feet Tall)
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| June 16, 2006
Posted on 06/16/2006 11:13:55 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Chinese doctors report the world's tallest woman is walking again after spending a month in the hospital to treat complications of her gigantism.
Yao Defen, who is just over 7 1/2 feet tall, has a number of medical problems resulting from a benign tumor on her pituitary gland that makes it secrete excessive amounts of growth hormone, the Shanghai Daily said Friday.
Yao, 36, gained most of her height during childhood, and while her body still produces excess hormone, doctors think she won't continue to grow.
"She has shown good responses to medicines we used on her tumor, which is expected to shrink by 30 percent when we do surgery," a hospital spokesman told the Daily.
Walking with the aid of crutches, Yao is looking forward to living a normal life without having to depend on others, the newspaper said.
TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: acromeglia; whoa
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To: nickcarraway
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posted on
06/16/2006 11:16:59 PM PDT
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: A CA Guy
And I thought I had it rough shopping for the new clothes.
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posted on
06/16/2006 11:21:07 PM PDT
by
Global2010
(Life takes allot of Prayer and Grit)
To: nickcarraway
To: A CA Guy
Tall women.....I love em..!
To: nickcarraway
Yao Defen
"Yo!"
To: mikrofon; Charles Henrickson
Yao Defen Hao Nao Tall Yao
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posted on
06/16/2006 11:33:48 PM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(The Tao of Yao)
To: martin_fierro
You are enjoying this, aren't you?
To: nickcarraway
You are enjoying this, aren't you? Nao.
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posted on
06/16/2006 11:40:14 PM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(The Tao of Yao)
To: martin_fierro
I wonder if she wears heals?
To: Jay Howard Smith
Get yer climbing ropes and oxygen ready!
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posted on
06/17/2006 12:01:11 AM PDT
by
Dumpster Baby
("Hope somebody finds me before the rats do .....")
To: nickcarraway
Yao Ming and Yao Defen both got there first names when the doctor told their mothers how big they were, and they said "Yao!".
To: nickcarraway
Another victim of giantism...
Although many say thats not what killed him. He could drank more in an hour than Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin could drink all day combined.
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posted on
06/17/2006 6:05:58 AM PDT
by
HOTTIEBOY
(I'm your huckleberry)
To: nickcarraway; martin_fierro; mikrofon
World's tallest woman leaves hospital (7 1/2 Feet Tall) How tall was she when she went in?
To: HisKingdomWillAbolishSinDeath
Yao Ming and Yao Defen both got there first names. . . . Actually, seriesly, "Yao" is their family name, equivalent to our last name. Chinese, Korean, and some others put the family name first.
To: nickcarraway; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; SandyInSeattle; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
Kirk'd hit it.
To: nickcarraway; Slings and Arrows; mikrofon; Charles Henrickson
"Next, on Big People, Little World ...."
To: Jay Howard Smith
Those platform shoes make her look tall...
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posted on
06/17/2006 9:51:54 AM PDT
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
To: A CA Guy
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posted on
06/17/2006 9:52:29 AM PDT
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Irish_Thatcherite
(A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
To: Charles Henrickson; nickcarraway; martin_fierro
The B-ball team would just keep her by their basket and tell her, "Yao Defen Goal..."
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posted on
06/17/2006 10:13:43 AM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Nao Wei Ho Ze)
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