# The 300 lb tumor - with picture **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 16, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-300-lb-tumor-with-picture/348626 "2006-03-16T18:08:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-300-lb-tumor-with-picture/348626/21 "2006-03-17T15:58:29Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > That was incredible. She was skeletal except for the big mass, because it was taking all the nutrients. After the operation she was restored to a plump woman who looked nothing like her pre-op self. Even during the operation they had to be really careful about moving her and The Tuma because of the weight, blood vessels, etc. Man…it really freaked me out but I just couldn’t change the channel. The tumah was a real mind-blowah. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-300-lb-tumor-with-picture/348626/22 "2006-03-17T16:21:31Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > Man…it really freaked me out but I just couldn’t change the channel. The tumah was a real mind-blowah. 😛 Same with the one on that special “Things Removed from Human Bodies” where they had the guy who had in-utero “swallowed” his twin, which kept growing. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-300-lb-tumor-with-picture/348626/23 "2006-03-17T18:03:55Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > 😛 Same with the one on that special “Things Removed from Human Bodies” where they had the guy who had in-utero “swallowed” his twin, which kept growing. ARE YOU SHITTING ME??? :eek: Did it grow for like YEARS or something? Oh my god. I’m so bummed I missed that one. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-300-lb-tumor-with-picture/348626/24 "2006-03-17T18:11:18Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > 😛 Same with the one on that special “Things Removed from Human Bodies” where they had the guy who had in-utero “swallowed” his twin, which kept growing. I think this is the first time I’ve ever said this… Cite? My interest is seriously peaked. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-300-lb-tumor-with-picture/348626/25 "2006-03-17T19:10:50Z")
> [@Jayn\_Newell](#): > > I think this is the first time I’ve ever said this… > > Cite? > > My interest is seriously peaked. [“Things Removed from Human Bodies”](http://forums.truthhurts.org/showthread.php?threadid=3490&mode=hybrid) 8th message dwon ---
**Author:** ![gabriela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@gabriela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gabriela)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-300-lb-tumor-with-picture/348626/26 "2006-03-17T19:15:39Z")
> [@Sublight](#): > > You know, this may be one of the first steps toward developing vat-grown meat. Soylent Green is… is… ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-300-lb-tumor-with-picture/348626/27 "2006-03-17T19:29:51Z")
> [@astro](#): > > [“Things Removed from Human Bodies”](http://forums.truthhurts.org/showthread.php?threadid=3490&mode=hybrid) > 8th message dwon Dayum. I really need to get cable again. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-300-lb-tumor-with-picture/348626/28 "2006-03-17T19:37:21Z")
Jesus…I’m gonna be waking up screaming for the rest of my life over that. Holy shit… ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-300-lb-tumor-with-picture/348626/29 "2006-03-17T21:38:32Z")
Well I was going to post a comment on how that mass just looked like an oversized roast turkey, but as usual it’s all been done already. ☹ Nothing to see here. ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-300-lb-tumor-with-picture/348626/30 "2006-03-17T22:26:41Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > Jesus…I’m gonna be waking up screaming for the rest of my life over that. Holy shit… You and me both, kid. I still have the screaming meemies over reading that bit of Stephen King’s book, I think it might have been _The Dark Half_, with THAT scene in it in the OR. Screaming meemies. That was, what, nearly 15 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-300-lb-tumor-with-picture/348626/31 "2006-03-18T01:51:52Z")
> [@astro](#): > > [It’s a biggun!](http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=48465) Looks like foie gras. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-300-lb-tumor-with-picture/348626/32 "2006-03-18T05:25:15Z")
> [@gabriela](#): > > Soylent Green is… is… Damn you! You stole my line. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-300-lb-tumor-with-picture/348626/33 "2006-03-20T17:03:31Z")
> [@lizardling](#): > > I still have the screaming meemies over reading that bit of Stephen King’s book, I think it might have been _The Dark Half_, with THAT scene in it in the OR. Screaming meemies. That was, what, nearly 15 years ago. Same here. They open his brain up and find an eyeball, teeth,…BLEAH!!! ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-300-lb-tumor-with-picture/348626/34 "2006-03-20T18:05:31Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Same here. They open his brain up and find an eyeball, teeth,…BLEAH!!! Shutthefuckup. Can I purchase a copy of this episode? How could I have missed this? I’m usually telepathically drawn to the human oddity. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-300-lb-tumor-with-picture/348626/35 "2006-03-20T18:52:49Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Wait a second…The title of the thread is **The 300 lb tumor - with picture** , fer crying out loud! What the hell did you _expect_ to see in that link?? 😉 Nonetheless. A little warning next time. On this board, titles don’t mean that much. I have friends who refer to their wives as “160 pound tumors.” Just not in hearing range of them. > [@](#): > > But really, when the tumor gets larger than the person carrying it, shouldn’t the operation be called a humanectomy? Yeah the tumor had a person removed. Was the tumor’s family notified? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-300-lb-tumor-with-picture/348626/36 "2006-03-20T20:29:12Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > Shutthefuckup. Can I purchase a copy of this episode? How could I have missed this? I’m usually telepathically drawn to the human oddity. Sorry to disappoint; the spoiler was in reference to **The Dark Half**. ☹ But, there’s hope: TLC has shown the special at least twice. Look for “Things Removed from the Human Body” right after “Born with Two Heads” and “Born without a Face”. No, seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-300-lb-tumor-with-picture/348626/37 "2006-03-20T20:50:27Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Sorry to disappoint; the spoiler was in reference to **The Dark Half**. ☹ But, there’s hope: TLC has shown the special at least twice. Look for “Things Removed from the Human Body” right after “Born with Two Heads” and “Born without a Face”. No, seriously. Damn. I’ve seen the other ones, but missed The Best One Evah. I’ll have to keep an eye peeled (pun absolutely intended). ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_in_second_hand_clothing)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-300-lb-tumor-with-picture/348626/38 "2006-03-20T23:15:34Z")
Did it actually have teeth? And hair? I keep picturing this lady going on the road with the world’s nastiest ventriloquism act… ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-300-lb-tumor-with-picture/348626/39 "2006-03-20T23:25:00Z")
> [@gabriela](#): > > Soylent Green is… is… Your brother. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-300-lb-tumor-with-picture/348626/40 "2006-03-21T10:01:44Z")
> [@](#): > > **Hypno-Toad** : I have friends who refer to their wives as “160 pound tumors.” That makes me want to throw up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-300-lb-tumor-with-picture/348626.md?page=1)