I bet this woman feels better ...

[docmercer--banned]

CINCINNATI -- Doctors in Ohio have removed a 66-pound tumor from a woman who said she now feels as if a long pregnancy is over.

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Grace Radtke said she knew something was wrong, but had no idea it was a 66-pound tumor that was causing her pain. <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 align=right border=0><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>



"I couldn't believe it," Radtke said. "It just floored me."



Last week, Radtke underwent surgery to remove the giant ovarian cyst -- the size of three watermelons -- that was lodged under her ribs.



Radtke weighed more than 300 pounds when she suddenly started losing weight without dieting. Her family encouraged her to get medical attention.



Doctors said the tumor had been growing for at least one year with huge blood vessels attached. She said despite losing weight and having difficulty walking, she was nervous about seeing a doctor.



"I was so scared. I didn't know what the outcome would be," she said.



Dr. Greg Duma, a gynecologist who performed the surgery, said if they hadn't removed the tumor, it would have continued to grow.



After hours of surgery, four people were needed to lift the heavy tumor. Doctors said they had to roll the tumor onto a stretcher.



"My hat was soaked with sweat and they kept having to blot my glasses because it was very physically demanding," Duma said.



Experts said the 40-year-old mother of three is living proof that the human body is still a mystery and that it's never too late to start trusting doctors, Butler reported.



"I would say just go ahead and do it, because you never know what will happen to you. If you have the support of your family and everybody loves you, you'll be OK," Radtke said.



The Ohio woman says she's thankful to be alive.



The non-cancerous ovarian tumor was removed earlier this month at University Hospital in Cincinnati. It came out intact during a one-hour operation.



Her doctor said the giant tumor could have been growing for up to five years.<!--stopindex-->

 

[xpanda]

This story tells me this woman was way too fat. How in the world do you not notice 66 extra, unaccounted-for pounds???

Was she from Texas?

 

[docmercer--banned]

said she was 300 lber ....

and plenty of us in this forum that have probably done worse!

 

[RobFunk]

".....Doctors said the [66 pound] tumor had been growing for at least one year with huge blood vessels attached....."

jesus christ. this is the closest thing to the movie 'alien' we will see in our lifetimes.

in the home video she is seen crying and talking about how happy she is with "all right now" playing in the background.

 

[RobFunk]

"....After hours of surgery, four people were needed to lift the heavy tumor. Doctors said they had to roll the tumor onto a stretcher...."

never a better reason to have ronnie coleman or some amway guys in the operating room. then they put in stretcher. what the hell did they do with it next? load it on to a uhaul on the way to sotheby's or that special room in the end of the raiders of the lost ark with all the other crazy things? :WTF:

 

[Marco]

Maybe they should put it up for sale on e-bay....:howdy:

 

[charleslanger]

You guys didn't catch on CNN that 400/500 pound woman who was fused to her sofa? The stink in the house was so bad, the firemen were passing out: they installed a portable ac with an 18"diameter hose to pump fresh air into the house. It took them hours to unstick her from the sofa. She hadn't gotten up from the sofa in years!!!

You know what that means? She'd likely gotten too big to be able to get up, maybe even walk-- meaning she probably just went to the bathroom right there on the sofa: all that stuff acting as plaster of paris. No baths, no changing clothes in years likely.....

 

[glennlovecolleen3]

If they preserve the tumor in formaldahyde and put it on the dining room table, it would make a good conversational piece.

 

[docmercer--banned]

Anyone remember this fella? I remember him being on the national news working w/Dick Gregory:


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</CENTER><TABLE cellPadding=2 width="95%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top> </TD><TD vAlign=top>5. </TD><TD>Walter Hudson (1944? - 1991) of Hempstead, NY (born in Brooklyn, NY); 5 ft 10 in, measured at 1197 lbs (though the industrial scale broke in the process of weighing him). His chest was measured at 106 inches, his waist at 110. Hudson was discovered by the press in 1987, when he became wedged in the door of his bedroom and had to be cut free by rescue workers. An agoraphobic, he'd spent most of the past 27 years in bed. Hudson lived with his family, where his appetite was always indulged, and gave every indication that he was content with both his weight and his situation. "I just ate and enjoyed it," he said. Despite his massive size, Newsday reported that he was extraordinarily healthy: his heart, lungs, and kidneys all functioned normally, while astonished doctors noted that his cholesterol and blood-sugar levels "showed the chemistry of a healthy 21-year-old." Even so, activist-turned-nutritionist Dick Gregory managed to convince Hudson that losing weight was necessary to save his life. Gregory used Hudson to promote his Bahamian Diet, and claimed that his protegé lost at least 200 lbs (sometimes claiming as much as 800 lbs) under his care, but when Hudson refused to perform for the cameras on cue, Gregory summarily abandoned him. Other celebrities and diet promoters also claimed to have helped him lose massive amounts of weight, though Newsday noted that Hudson never seemed to look any thinner. (Gregory threatened to sue his rivals for $50 million.) Hudson himself gave conflicting stories, sometimes claiming to weigh as little as 480 lbs or as much as 1400. He only allowed himself to be weighed once. Hudson died in his sleep after years of intermittent starvation dieting, a few weeks after announcing wedding plans. His body was found to weigh 1125 lbs, and his massive coffin required twelve pallbearers. (Links - 1, 2)
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[WHALE]

I can't believe that it just took one hour for the doctors to remove the tumor, and she was suffering for such long time.