April 16, 2009: Tree Allergy?

It is reported from Russia that a suspected tumor in a man's lung turned out to be a 5cm fir tree, which it is believed must have grown there because it's too big to be inhaled. link Enough of the whys and hows... here's the pic..... have at it with the recipes!

OMG :eek: Pinocchio did become a real boy!

that's just very creepy

Again: Crazy Russians. Want to know whats growing in the lungs of the Zapashny Brothers, that makes them ride a lion.

Great! Medical doctors branching into horticulture.


The patent must be a real sap.

Here's a corresponding vid:
http://www.spiegel.de/video/video-60972.html
A biologist says it is impossible to grow a seed in a lung.

during sinus season I have often felt I had a tree growing in my maxillary cavities.

.....prior to sauteing, carefully remove fir tree and set aside to use as garnish.....

capnhowdy;556786 wrote:

.....prior to sauteing, carefully remove fir tree and set aside to use as garnish.....

I disagree. I always cook lung tumors with the fir tree in them to add tang.

109 dates late! [or 256 days early]

No no, where Monster lives and where the Cellar lives, 9 days early. ;)

Brianna;556785 wrote:

during sinus season I have often felt I had a tree growing in my maxillary cavities.

I often feel like I have a tree in MY cavities as well.

Trees in lungs, yew don't see that very often.

I think that I shall never see
A lung that's filled up with a tree..

Good thing that guy got early treetment.

Shawnee123;556960 wrote:

I think that I shall never see
A lung that's filled up with a tree..

nor would I want to be,
one with a tree in thee.

I sure hope they take it to the chipper for recycling.

Or to the Ripley's museum.

I wonder if this closed loop system has an anti-global warming application?

Sorry if I'm going out on a limb, but did they ever get to the root of the problem?

Queen of the Ryche;557075 wrote:

Sorry if I'm going out on a limb, but did they ever get to the root of the problem?

Pining for a lost love.

Nature's own rebreather--he makes his own oxygen.

BigV;557141 wrote:

Nature's own rebreather--he makes his own oxygen.

All he needs to do is inhale some light bulbs.

No puns or quips from me I'm afraid.
All I could think when looking at the photo was: aren't lungs pink?

I'm throwing a bullshiat flag on the field. You can germinate a seed in total darkness, but it certainly won't develop there. Here's another really big clue. It's green. That requires a little thing I like to call photosynthesis.

I almost didn't post this because of butterflies in my stomach and a frog in my throat.

he may have inhaled some sunflowers, too....in which case, this would be entirely plausible

Tick;557524 wrote:

I'm throwing a bullshiat flag on the field. You can germinate a seed in total darkness, but it certainly won't develop there. Here's another really big clue. It's green. That requires a little thing I like to call photosynthesis.

I almost didn't post this because of butterflies in my stomach and a frog in my throat.

You're just being a stick in the mud.

Tick;557524 wrote:

I'm throwing a bullshiat flag on the field. You can germinate a seed in total darkness, but it certainly won't develop there. Here's another really big clue. It's green. That requires a little thing I like to call photosynthesis.

I almost didn't post this because of butterflies in my stomach and a frog in my throat.

Doesn't look green to me, sort of gold/brown. :confused:

You're just being a TICK in the mud

Fixed it for ya.....

Speaking of ticks [SIZE="1"]shudder[/SIZE], I got the following email.

How To Remove a Tick
Bet it would work on dogs too.

Apply a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball.
Cover the tick with the soap-soaked cotton ball and swab it for a few (15-20) seconds.
The tick will come out on its own and be stuck to the cotton ball when you lift it away.
This technique has worked every time I've used it, and it's much less traumatic for the patient and easier for me.
Unless someone is allergic to soap, I can't see that this would be damaging in any way.

Now back to your regularly scheduled IOtD. :blush:

Great tip. Especially on a fuzzy wuzzy like my JRT. I always wind up pulling a chunk of hair out with the tick. Thanks xoB.

I've had luck removing ticks with oragel or ambesol... seems to numb the tick and the skin and they come off with no complaints. My sister jumped all over me for it though, saying you shouldn't put anything on the tick because that can stress them out and make them puke.
Ticks are so freakin nasty... and of course plentiful in this area.

Yeah, I got an email this morning from someone that went through a lot of crap with Lyme disease. He said the Tick Borne Disease Clinic told him soap would make them think they were suffocating and puke.