Tumour turns out to be 25-year-old towel

News.com.au ^ | June 04, 2008 | correspondents in Tokyo

[AngieGal]

DOCTORS in Japan who carried out surgery on a man to remove a tumour had good news and bad news for him.

The good news was he did not have cancer.

The bad news: The growth that had been causing him pain was in fact a 25-year-old surgical towel.

The patient had been carrying the cloth since 1983, when surgeons left it in him after a minor operation to treat an ulcer, a spokesman for the hospital said.

[library user]

Dang, he had that in him since Kool and the Gang were still hitting the charts.

[Blogatron]

Dang. I was expecting a Teddy joke.

[C210N]

Well, I’d clearly hate to be a patient undergoing some procedure, and in the middle of things, have the surgeon throw in the towel...

[Eepsy]

LOL! As I was waiting for the page to load, I ran through maybe half-a-dozen scenarios as to how something like that could happen. What does it say about me that “botched surgery” wasn’t one of them....

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

So that's where that thing went. I've been looking for it!

[C210N]

still had his spleen removed...

Maybe he won't sue. Sounds like the poor guy at least had a good hearty laugh about the matter!

[dfwgator]

[taraytarah]

Throwing in the towel was my idea too...lol. Oh, well :)

It wasn't an easy decision for Dr. Kim to leave the monogrammed gift behind.

[kittycatonline.com]

The patient had been carrying the cloth since 1983...

"Hey honey, we just got a bill in the mail, it's for a surgical towel, and 25 years of interest for non-payment!"

[BibChr]

EXTREME TANGENT WARNING — IN THREE... TWO... ONE....

It’s funny you say Kool & the Gang in this connection. I saw them in concert once, after Bruce Hornsby opened. Hornsby was very low-key, and (I thought) just so-so. Then he finished and left the stage... and the roadies came out, setting down these STACKS of white cloth towels.

A few minutes later, I found out why. Dang! what a terrific show. Guys must work off ten pounds in sweat alone.

[Dr. Sivana]

Actually, the doc was a disgruntled Steelers fan, annoyed that his dynasty was over.

[Hegemony Cricket]

"The patient had been carrying the cloth since 1983..."



Amateur!

[Brilliant]

Nah... Teddy is not a towel head.

[Wavrnr10]

It was a blotted surgery!!...s/o

[forkinsocket]

*shudder*

[taraytarah]

gooey towel ping

[kingattax]

gee thanks

[taraytarah]

Be nice or I’ll report ya. :)