E-Dog Night Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 There's a really good thanksgiving joke here somewhere... http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/11/21/hairball.case/ Doctors untangle the strange case of the giant hairball (CNN) -- It may not be the most appetizing reading before a hearty holiday meal, but the New England Journal of Medicine is devoting part of its Thanksgiving issue to a giant hairball -- and not the feline kind. The prestigious journal details the case of a previously healthy 18-year-old woman who consulted a team of gastrointestinal specialists. She complained of a five-month history of pain and swelling in her abdomen, vomiting after eating and a 40-pound weight loss. After a scan of the woman's abdomen showed a large mass, doctors lowered a scope through her esophagus. It revealed "a large bezoar occluding nearly the entire stomach," wrote Drs. Ronald M. Levy and Srinadh Komanduri, gastroenterologists at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. For the uninitiated, a bezoar is a hairball. (Click on link for full story) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuraitengai Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 yeah, i wanna know what that woman has been eating to get a hairball that big Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSJHWT Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 yeah, i wanna know what that woman has been eating to get a hairball that big Her own hair, apparently... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-Dog Night Posted November 24, 2007 Author Share Posted November 24, 2007 Her own hair, apparently... That's pretty much how hairballs happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Symbol Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 The woman underwent surgery to remove the mass of black, curly hair, which weighed 10 pounds and measured 15 inches by 7 inches by 7 inches, the doctors said. Woman is flexible if it's her own hair... What!!! No one can say I'm the only person on this site with a dirty mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunny Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 Woman is flexible if it's her own hair... What!!! No one can say I'm the only person on this site with a dirty mind. :laugh: Oh my. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brave Little Toaster Oven Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 In my country, Barbara means to eat, and Bush means the hair around the testes sachel. So it is like Barbara Bush is to eat the hair around the testes...is good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squatch66 Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 my mom says you gotta lick a lot of carpet before you can be a lesbian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chachie Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 I have no words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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