"Tree Man" has hopes of cure. - Democratic Underground

frogmarch

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Mon Aug-11-08 07:47 PM
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"Tree Man" has hopes of cure.

His hands:

http://www.healthbolt.net/2007/11/14/the-man-who-turned-into-a-tree/

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A 35-year-old Indonesian man named Dede suffered a simple cut as a teenager and thereafter began growing tree-like warts all over his body. The warts soon worsened into mossy, branching growths, virtually incapacitating him. His wife left him, he was out of a job, and he was made the village freak. Doctors could never figure out what Dede’s condition was, and the growths worsened with each passing year. It wasn’t until an American dermatologist traveled to see Dede’s odd growths and cutaneous horns that the proper diagnosis was made: Dede was simply suffering from HPV, or human papilloma virus.

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Drunken Irishman

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Mon Aug-11-08 07:51 PM
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1. Just so f'n creepy. :(

That would royally suck to look like that.

Best of luck to him.

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ChazII

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Mon Aug-11-08 07:57 PM
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2. The real freaks

are those who consider Dede a freak. He obviously shows more courage in an hour of one day than many will ever show in a lifetime. Only an ass would call him a freak.

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AllentownJake

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Mon Aug-11-08 08:00 PM
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3. HPV Vaccine

I don't know if he has kids but they should look into innoculating them if the strain is effective against the version of the virus he has in case there is a genetic lack of immunity that he could have passed on.

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helderheid

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Mon Aug-11-08 08:13 PM
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5. he's raising 2 teenagers alone

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Codeine

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Mon Aug-11-08 08:01 PM
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4. The Discovery Channel

ran a very good documentary on that fellow and some of his fellow circus performers. Sad, but they showed remarkable courage and resolve.

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AlCzervik

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Mon Aug-11-08 08:16 PM
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6. check it out, an update with a pic. I saw him on the discovery channel

and he has a lot of courage imo.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1584915/Tree-man-%27who-grew-roots%27-hopes-to-marry-after-4lb-of-warts-removed.html

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frogmarch

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Tue Aug-12-08 10:28 AM
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7. Thanks for the link, chimpsrsmarter

Yes, he has a lot of courage. Wow, what an ordeal.

I'm so happy for him, and I wish him continuing success.

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