Hatian Teen having 16lb tumor removed from face...

**madhatter256** · 12-15-2005

http://www.ajc.com/health/content/he...facetumor.html

MIAMI — A 14-year-old Haitian girl was undergoing a groundbreaking operation Wednesday at Holtz Children's Hospital to remove a 16-lb tumor-like mass from her face.

The operation, which began around 8:30 a.m. EST, is the first of many Marlie Casseus must undergo. The teen suffers from a rare form of Polyostotic Fibrous Dysplasia, a nonhereditary, genetic disease that causes bone to become "like a big a bowl of jelly with some bone inside," according to University of Miami School of Medicine's Dr. Jesus Gomez, one of a team of nearly a dozen specialists who will perform the 14-hour procedure.

Keep in mind that this girl is from Haiti, so they obviously couldn't afford to pay for the surgery themselves nor did Haiti have the technology and health care to provide such care.

I just can't believe how big that thing is...

**Borman** · 12-15-2005

Oh my...i dont know what else to say

**Mr. Casual** · 12-15-2005

Man, I always thought that was a photoshop...

**mairsil** · 12-15-2005

Did you really need to post the picture instead of just a link?

NeoAux · 12-15-2005

For the love of god.........I almost threw up my drink.

Mark30001 · 12-15-2005

Originally Posted by mairsil

Did you really need to post the picture instead of just a link?

Did you really need to click the link to this thread? ;-)

Yeah, it's horrible. I sure hope the doctors are able to successfully fix this problem. :-(

Sally · 12-15-2005

Ooof... I was eating dinner, i clicked off of the front page (which doesn't give the full title). Note to self... don't click "Off topic" links while eating...

I wish the girl a speedy recovery.

**WolverineDK** · 12-15-2005

It´s ok to post very fuckedup sick pictures of tumors in the head or other places ? But not transexual links and pictures ? Moderators remove this thread. Since I would rather watch some socalled "shemales"(I don´t normally call any transsexual a shemale) having fun. Than seeing such a disgusting thing like this, and I can only say poor girl on the picture .

this is the first time, where I feel it is very extreme , and sick making a forum thread like that. Madhatter256, happy wanking to the picture.

And normally I am not being extreme at other people , and not even here. But this time I feel it is too sick.

**cahaz** · 12-15-2005

Originally Posted by WolverineDK

It´s ok to post very fuckedup sick pictures of tumors in the head or other places ? But not transexual links and pictures ? Moderators remove this thread. Since I would rather watch some socalled "shemales"(I don´t normally call any transsexual a shemale) having fun. Than seeing such a disgusting thing like this, and I can only say poor girl on the picture .

this is the first time, where I feel it is very extreme , and sick making a forum thread like that. Madhatter256, happy wanking to the picture.

And normally I am not being extreme at other people , and not even here. But this time I feel it is too sick.

What? sorry, but this doesnt makes sense to me.

**Mr. Casual** · 12-15-2005

Virtual Alan "was" / "is" in love with that stuff and posted it all the time, though. Thats why it makes no sense to me.

**ASSEMbler** · 12-15-2005

why do you always post the most distasteful shit madhatter.

**WolverineDK** · 12-15-2005

Originally Posted by cahaz

What? sorry, but this doesnt makes sense to me.

It was because of a picture , I went extreme , but it is great that it has been removed.

**madhatter256** · 12-15-2005

Damn. Sorry guys.

I'll just stay away from posting in the off-topic forum, forever.

**Hawanja** · 12-15-2005

GAAAHHHH! Jesus Christ! That poor girl.... Damn! Thank god they're helping her.

Hatter, no worries bro. Yeah this pic was a little extreme, but you know, we shouldn't hide the realities of our planet away just becasue it's "disgusting." So please, continue to post stuff like this. But like, maybe just post links to the pictures. Because I was about to eat dinner too :)

**Paulo** · 12-16-2005

Originally Posted by WolverineDK

this is the first time, where I feel it is very extreme , and sick making a forum thread like that. Madhatter256, happy wanking to the picture.

Just because you dont like something there is no need to go into personal attacks at people. You will be seen just as bad as them for that.

**WolverineDK** · 12-16-2005

Originally Posted by Paulo

Just because you dont like something there is no need to go into personal attacks at people. You will be seen just as bad as them for that.

got it Paulo :)

**liquitt** · 12-16-2005

oh my...jesus! i mean, having a tumor is bad enough...but there??

i hope she survives and gets regenerated fast

**Paulo** · 12-16-2005

Well im not sure its a true story lots of small papers have the story but untilll i see it on something like cnn i wont belive it being true.

Seems like it might be true...

http://www.internationalkidsfund.org/index.cfm

Very weird other news agencies havent picked up on it.

**cahaz** · 12-16-2005

Originally Posted by madhatter256

Damn. Sorry guys.

I'll just stay away from posting in the off-topic forum, forever.

just dont post picture that could offend some members anymore, and i think it will be fine comrade.:thumbsup:

**GaijinPunch** · 12-17-2005

There was some shit on Discovery last night where they removed a tumor that was almost as big as the person it was attached to. It took up an entire trash bag (like a Hefty bag!!!)

according to University of Miami School of Medicine's Dr. Jesus Gomez, one of a team of nearly a dozen specialists who will perform the 14-hour procedure.

I'd be pretty pleased if Jesus was operating on me.

Seems like it might be true...

If it's a lie, it's been going on for a while. I believe I saw a link to this when they were initially raising funds a few months ago.