Pregnant Man

I just thought I would share this because it was so shocking to read this...

http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=19260 (link to see guy for yourself)

Aug. 23, 2006 — Sanju Bhagat's stomach was once so swollen he looked nine months pregnant and could barely breathe.

Living in the city of Nagpur, India, Bhagat said he'd felt self-conscious his whole life about his big belly. But one night in June 1999, his problem erupted into something much larger than cosmetic worry.

An ambulance rushed the 36-year-old farmer to the hospital. Doctors thought he might have a giant tumor, so they decided to operate and remove the source of the bulge in his belly.

"Basically, the tumor was so big that it was pressing on his diaphragm and that's why he was very breathless," said Dr. Ajay Mehta of Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai. "Because of the sheer size of the tumor, it makes it difficult [to operate]. We anticipated a lot of problems."

Mehta said that he can usually spot a tumor just after he begins an operation. But while operating on Bhagat, Mehta saw something he had never encountered. As he cut deeper into Bhagat's stomach, gallons of fluid spilled out — and then something extraordinary happened.

"To my surprise and horror, I could shake hands with somebody inside," he said. "It was a bit shocking for me."

Removing the Mutated Body

One doctor recalled that day in the operating room.

"He just put his hand inside and he said there are a lot of bones inside," she said. "First, one limb came out, then another limb came out. Then some part of genitalia, then some part of hair, some limbs, jaws, limbs, hair."

Inside Bhagat's stomach was a strange, half-formed creature that had feet and hands that were very developed. Its fingernails were quite long.

"We were horrified. We were confused and amazed," Mehta said.

A Mutated Body Within a Body

At first glance, it may look as if Bhagat had given birth. Actually, Mehta had removed the mutated body of Bhagat's twin brother from his stomach. Bhagat, they discovered, had one of the world's most bizarre medical conditions — fetus in fetu. It is an extremely rare abnormality that occurs when a fetus gets trapped inside its twin. The trapped fetus can survive as a parasite even past birth by forming an umbilical cordlike structure that leaches its twin's blood supply until it grows so large that it starts to harm the host, at which point doctors usually intervene.

According to Mehta, there are fewer than 90 cases of fetus in fetu recorded in medical literature.

Awwww, no after pics! And no pics of the bouncing baby boy!

I don't think it will do much bouncing. Its really kind of sad.

Quite disturbing.

Sad in general, or sad that it doesn't bounce?

I could of gone alllllll day without reading that.

/barf

I saw this on one of the medical channels (Discovery Health, I think) about 4 months ago. They showed video of the operation to remove the twin. It was quite surreal.

Hahaha, bouncing baby 36 year old mutated twin.

Oh man...too funny

Good lord. A certain SL baby clinic strikes again.

STOP TO SELL UNBORN TWINS IN A STOMACH!!

Wow, that's an amazing story!

Now, why hasn't Kevn come in here to turn this into another debate about abortion?

You're right... you would think he would go apeshit, especially considering it's the 144th trimester and all.

Back in the day I used to buy tickets to see people like this in tents.

Gawd! I miss Side Shows!

Hey now. Kevn might get on our nerves a little, but that's just mean!

awww I sent this to my colleagues and they all tell me I am gross. Why? its a natural phoenomena. The fools have no sense of humour! (yes I found it funny in a sick way hehe)

Here's the sobering bit.

It had grown fingernails and hair. That means it was alive well into its third trimester. With a tumor that size and a parasitic relationship to the host, it's quite possible that the poor sod became a conscious, sentient, and absolutely immobilized and paralyzed pathetic wretch until it died. That could have been years of agonizing hell if the parasitic umbilical provided enough in the way of nutrients and oxygen to maintain the fetus.

Sounds farfetched...but with a mutation like that, medically possible.

I'd still pay to see it!

Still reminds me of the mutant rebel leader from Total Recall.

Kuato LIVES!!!!!!!

OMFG ... my stomach turned a flip reading this!

Intellectually, I'm glad to ... have ... learned something. Emotionally, I want to crawl into a corner, plug my ears, and scream.