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Tree man 'who grew roots' may be cured
Telegraph.co.uk ^
| 01/13/2008
| Matthew Moore
Posted on 01/15/2008 7:02:40 AM PST by Ultra Sonic 007
An Indonesian fisherman who feared that he would be killed by tree-like growths covering his body has been given hope of recovery by an American doctor - and Vitamin A.
Dede, now 35, baffled medical experts when warty "roots" began growing out of his arms and feet after he cut his knee in a teenage accident.
The welts spread across his body unchecked and soon he was left unable to carry out everyday household tasks.
Sacked from his job and deserted by his wife, Dede has been raising his two children - now in their late teens - in poverty, resigned to the fact that local doctors had no cure for his condition.
To make ends meet he even joined a local "freak show", parading in front of a paying audience alongside victims of other peculiar diseases.
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To: martin_fierro
A shrubbery!
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posted on
01/15/2008 7:55:34 AM PST
by
rightinthemiddle
(Guess what? I'm voting for the Conservative. Fred Thompson.)
To: Ultra Sonic 007
People like this make me feel ashamed for ever complaining about MY little problems.
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posted on
01/15/2008 7:57:25 AM PST
by
Nea Wood
(I'm not a bad Christian because I refuse to join you in giving other people's stuff away.)
To: Ultra Sonic 007
Great balsa fire!
It's too bad Indonesian doctors couldn't get to the root of this man's problem. However, he was barking up the wrong tree. American specialists willow knot disappoint him, yew know.
I pray fir his cure and I'm sure that it will be at a locust to him.
Acacia didn't know, American doctors are the best in the world. The surgery will be arborius, but we can expect him to be out of the woods A-SAP.
Leni
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posted on
01/15/2008 7:57:34 AM PST
by
MinuteGal
(Three Cheers for the FRed, White and Blue !!!)
To: MinuteGal; Ultra Sonic 007
Help from Vitamin A? What does this tell us about the poor guy’s diet?
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posted on
01/15/2008 8:21:12 AM PST
by
Froufrou
To: rightinthemiddle
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posted on
01/15/2008 8:22:34 AM PST
by
rfp1234
(Phodopus campbelli: household ruler since July 2007.)
To: MinuteGal
Sad case, and if you don’t laugh you’ll cry.
I’m laughing AND crying! Great comment.
Thanks! :^)
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posted on
01/15/2008 8:30:51 AM PST
by
brityank
(The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !!)
To: MinuteGal; The Spirit Of Allegiance
Well you just couldn’t leave it alone, you had to pun. Good to know you’re branching out though.
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posted on
01/15/2008 8:32:17 AM PST
by
Rennes Templar
("The future ain't what it used to be".........Yogi Berra)
To: Rennes Templar; MinuteGal; The Spirit Of Allegiance; Hegemony Cricket; JamesP81; martin_fierro; ...
A chip off the old block?
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posted on
01/15/2008 8:50:59 AM PST
by
Froufrou
To: Fox_Mulder77
Do you think you’re too good to have something bad happen to you?
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posted on
01/15/2008 8:58:21 AM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
To: Fox_Mulder77; Brilliant
Your comments are extremely mean, immature and pathetic. You should be ashamed of yourselves.
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posted on
01/15/2008 9:06:16 AM PST
by
MotleyGirl70
(Dear GOP, Conservatism works every time it’s tried. Sincerely, MotleyGirl70~~~Go Packers!~~~)
To: MotleyGirl70
But it is extremely disgusting. Imagine how it must stink. That is all dead tissue rotting in the humid tropical climate. Gives me the creeps.
Wonder if he will ever be able to work as a fisherman when they cut this stuff off of him. At least now he has work in the freak show.
Just hope his daugher doesn’t get it. Would be a damn shame.
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posted on
01/15/2008 9:15:04 AM PST
by
avid
To: Ultra Sonic 007; The Spirit Of Allegiance
I never saw such a thing. I hope someone can dig up the solution. I’ll axe everyone I know.
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posted on
01/15/2008 9:15:28 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________Profile updated Sunday, December 30, 2007)
To: Ultra Sonic 007
"...he was often a target of abuse and ridicule in his rural fishing village."Nice people, huh?
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posted on
01/15/2008 9:33:17 AM PST
by
Savage Beast
("History is not just cruel. It is witty." ~Charles Krauthammer)
To: Ultra Sonic 007
Good Lord, that’s almost as bad as elephant man’s disease...!
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posted on
01/15/2008 2:51:32 PM PST
by
Virginia Ridgerunner
(“We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!” --Duncan Hunter)
To: SunkenCiv
“Ill axe everyone I know.”
Careful, you might get cut off on this thread. There’s folks here who think it’s not kosher, that we’re barking up the wrong tree. Almost the equivalent of treason.
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posted on
01/16/2008 8:40:40 AM PST
by
Rennes Templar
("The future ain't what it used to be".........Yogi Berra)
To: Rennes Templar
Hey, has anyone made the John Birch joke yet?
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posted on
01/16/2008 10:10:06 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
01/16/2008 8:18:34 PM PST
by
Rennes Templar
("The future ain't what it used to be".........Yogi Berra)
To: Rennes Templar
I think the guy in the story may have a problem with his limbphatic system.
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posted on
01/16/2008 9:45:28 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
“limbphatic system.’
lol
Whatever the cause, he has become quite poplar as a result.
Personally, I think he became to attached to his bonsai plant.
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posted on
01/17/2008 8:42:40 AM PST
by
Rennes Templar
("The future ain't what it used to be".........Yogi Berra)
To: Rennes Templar
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posted on
01/17/2008 10:10:13 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
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