A surgeon holds Daly's 30-lb. tumor. : Courtesy of Lenox Hill Hospital
Posted on 03/30/2018 8:31:07 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Beer Belly Did Not Shrink Even After Weight Loss However, Daly, a financial planner, thought that it was more than just a protruding belly when he lost 34 pounds after an open-heart surgery three years ago but his stomach did not shrink.
He initially suspected that doctors left some stuffing and tools during the 2015 surgery. It turns out that the cause of his abnormally large abdomen is something else.
The tumor was the size of a beach ball and weighed a whopping 30 pounds. It was liposarcoma,
(Excerpt) Read more at techtimes.com ...
an open-heart surgery three years ago but his stomach did not shrink.
????...surprised the presurgery exam didn’t indicate something..
30 pounds is about 3 gallons of tissue.
Depends on the league....
It was an unusual form of cancer affecting fat cells, as I read the article. It may not look or feel particularly like any tumor the doctors have dealt with in the past.
My Dad had the same thing,14lbs. It was very rare, initially missed by the standard tests.
A surgeon holds Daly's 30-lb. tumor. : Courtesy of Lenox Hill Hospital
huh??
Oh my god I shouldn’t have read that as I was swallowing food, I damn near choked, that was so nauseating of a thought!
My, that was just the picture I was hoping to see half way thru my lunch...............Ugh
You should know better than to eat OR drink while reading FR. Keyboards may be cheaper now, but they add up to real money eventually.
Not to mention the dangers of snorting coke(Coca-Cola, that is); the bubbles hurt your nose!
30 pounds - that is like a woman carrying 3 fullterm babies.
Yes but much lighter. From the picture, I think "beach ball" is justified".
Sorry to make fun, and I wish the best results for the patient.
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