Sprouting pea found in man's windpipe

upi ^ | Aug. 12, 2010

[JoeProBono]

BREWSTER, Mass.- A Massachusetts man said doctors who initially believed him to be suffering from a tumor instead found a pea sprouting in his windpipe.

Ron Sveden, 75, of Brewster, said Cape Cod Hospital doctors used an X-ray to find a spot on his windpipe that they initially believed to be a cancerous tumor, the Boston Herald reported Thursday.

"My blood pressure was very low. My oxygen count was very low. I was dehydrated, my left lung collapsed, and I had pneumonia," Sveden said.

"Prior to Memorial Day I was going downhill," Sveden said. "My appetite went away and I was coughing a lot. I just had this listless feeling where I just wanted to lie down. I had no ambition to do anything."

However, Sveden said doctors performed tests and discovered the mass was not a tumor, but a pea sprouting inside him.

Sveden said his health improved once the plant was removed.

"Thankfully it's all over," he said.

"Now I'm just waiting for a call from the Jolly Green Giant," Sveden joked.

[JoeProBono]

[Shimmer1]

This is just too funny. I’m sorry for the man, but it’s funny.

[pollywog]

agreed!! A neat laugh for the day! I too feel bad for the man, but wow, now that it is over....too funny!!

[WMarshal]

And they say the raw food diet is good for you! Never would have happened with a cooked pea.

[Huskrrrr]

At last, a “little green shoot”!

[Joe 6-pack]

When I was in high school, a friend of mine made a joke at lunch time while I was eating. I laughed so hard I got a pear chunk stuck behind/above my soft palate and had to blow it out my nose.

[gov_bean_ counter]

In high school I did the same thing with a bite of hamburger.

[Joe 6-pack]

I reckon it’s the closest I’ll ever come to knowing what it feels like to give birth.

[KarlInOhio]

doctors used an X-ray to find a spot on his windpipe that they initially believed to be a cancerous tumor,

I'm sorry, we'll have to use chemotherapy.

[DainBramage]

Obamacare doesnt cover a doctor taking a pea in your lungs.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Happy ending, but “Chew your food, dude!”

[erkyl]

[BenLurkin]

Unngh..!

[The Sons of Liberty]

I had no ambition to do anything

Sounds like a democrap!

[Neidermeyer]

There was an article a few years back about a man that had the most incredible bad breath ... we’re talking for DECADES ... nothing helped... they finally put a scope in his chest and found a single pine needle lodged in a lung ,, still green 20+ years later ... causing the whole problem .. The man remembered being pushed into a Christmas tree as a boy...

[goseminoles]

Glad this guy wasn’t eating watermelon.

Didn’t it say yesterday the pea was in his lung?

[JoeProBono]

[JoeProBono]

[JoeProBono]

http://www.geekologie.com/2009/04/14/tree%20lung.jpg

[Erasmus]

..and they awarded you the coveted position at the head of the table for the remainder of the year.

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