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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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I’ll refrain from John Birch jokes.

Fir tree man shocks doctors
RT | 13 April, 2009 | RT Wire
Posted on 04/13/2009 3:18:56 PM PDT by Timedrifter
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61 posted on 04/14/2009 7:16:50 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: Free ThinkerNY; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ..
Was he pining away?


62 posted on 04/14/2009 8:25:46 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Can't get enough of my snarking? http://twitter.com/slingsandarrows)
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To: visualops

I’m not sure, but I think he was being sarcastic. ;^)


63 posted on 04/14/2009 8:37:39 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Can't get enough of my snarking? http://twitter.com/slingsandarrows)
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To: Heartland Mom

I didn’t read the entire thread yet, if this is true, my guess is that it thinks it’s still underground??? LoL it’s so sad, how’d he get the seed to germinate?


64 posted on 04/14/2009 8:41:38 PM PDT by Freedom2specul8 (Please pray for our troops.... http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/)
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To: Free ThinkerNY; Slings and Arrows

Were they able to save the tree?


65 posted on 04/14/2009 9:02:05 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Communism - Hezbollah - Al Qaeda - Obama - Stone Age - CHAOS)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Were they able to extirpate it?


66 posted on 04/14/2009 9:20:34 PM PDT by Rocky (OBAMA: Succeeding where bin Laden failed.)
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To: Lady Jag

It’s always the fir trees that suffer in these situations.


67 posted on 04/15/2009 11:24:37 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Can't get enough of my snarking? http://twitter.com/slingsandarrows)
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To: Travis T. OJustice

Perfect incubator, except for the host’s immune system.

I wonder if he’s immuno-compromised ...


68 posted on 04/15/2009 11:38:07 PM PDT by MetaThought
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To: Free ThinkerNY
We did X-Rays and found what looked exactly like a tumor."

They were barking up the wrong tree.

69 posted on 04/23/2009 1:44:22 AM PDT by Pajamajan ( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Ask His forgiveness. Don't wait.)
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To: silverleaf; dblshot

That’s enough sappy jokes.


70 posted on 04/23/2009 1:49:43 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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