[InABunkerUnderSF]

Ick.

No word on what species of worm it was. That would go a long way to explain how it came to be living where they found it. My prime candidates are medium rare carnitas, restaurant workers who can't read or don't pay attention to those signs in the restrooms and of course the primary source of the (usually quite harmless) worms in most of our brains, tabby.

I recommend Carl Zimmer's book "Parasite Rex". You'll never look at your cat quite the same way again.

[SIDENET]

doctors said worms can come from eating undercooked pork

(Nervously puts the raw bacon back onto the plate.)

[Deb]

Never order the Arizona sushi.

[Dr.Deth]

IT'S NOT A TOOMAAAAHH!

Seriously, I can think of about 62 million people who need to take this test soon.

[ladtx]

She went to the emergency room twice and had a cat scan...

Duh - it's apparent she should have had a worm scan.

[TC Rider]

"It's not Lupus!"

[SIDENET]

[trisham]

Ma'am, we have good news, and we have bad news..

[ConservativeMind]

Thanks for the heads up on the book.

On my “Must Read” list, now.

[DBrow]

Was her arm comfortably numb?

[jonrick46]

I’m thinking the Free Republic is getting to be a Ripley’s-Believe-It-Or-Not site. I waiting for the DemonRAT marries a donkey story.

[ari-freedom]

[kbennkc]

Does she like to fish ?

[twigs]

I know that there are some parasites which enter heart muscle and kill in Central America. I assume that there are nasty parasites which can enter brains, too. My husband was going to be asked to go somewhere in Central America for work and he did some research. He’s in agriculture, so he would be out fields, etc. He read about these critters and said “no, thank you. I’ll stay home.”

[gopsue]

The TV Show “House” on FOX has an episode on EXACTLY THIS!!! And it was a worm too!!!

Life imitating art....

[Gay State Conservative]

No one knows exactly where she picked up the worm –- doctors said worms can come from eating undercooked pork or spread by people who don’t wash their hands after using the bathroom....

Or they can come from having lived most of your life in a country south of the border.

[pissant]

[woofie]

I am concerned about the worm...did they set it free?

[Jaded]

They’ve had stuff like this on Animal Planet from time to time. One guy got a worm/parasite from eating under cooked fish on a camping trip. Nasty, nasty stuff.

[reagan_fanatic]

"I've got worms."

[TASMANIANRED]

Probably a bot fly.