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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-14-08 07:27 PM
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Have you seen the "Tree Man"? AMAZING!!!!
this is before his operation:





Post-op:





For 20 years Dede Koswara lived covered in warts with huge tree-like growths encasing his limbs.

oday Dede, whose plight was highlighted on the Telegraph website, can once more use his hands and walk without pain.

He can see the outline of his toes for the first time in over a decade after medics cut more than 4lbs of warty horns from his legs and feet.

He has also become a sudoko addict now medics have cut growths from his hands allowing him to hold a pen.

Dede, 37, now hopes that he will resume a normal life after two more operations to graft undamaged skin onto his hands, feet and face.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/11/wtreeman111.xml






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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-14-08 07:33 PM
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1. I saw it. Great story.
...especially in light of the fact that it's a treatable condition.

Unfortunately, many chose to remain in the "freak shows" because they earned more money than they would living "normal" lives.
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navarth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-14-08 07:38 PM
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2. Man, that's some warts.
Who is he endorsing?
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-..__... Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-14-08 07:48 PM
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3. Was the surgery performed by a doctor or an aborist?
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