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08-11-2010, 05:11 PM
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Killer Peas
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Doctors in Massachusetts thought the growth in Ron Sveden's lung was a tumor, but when they looked closer, they found an unbelievable surprise.
"I was told I had a pea seed in my lung that had split and had sprouted," said Sveden.
It was not the diagnosis he was expecting.
He had prepared himself to hear the words cancer and tumor. But a plant growing in his lung?
"Probably about a half-an-inch, which is a pretty big thing, of course," said Sveden.
Ron had been sick for months.
He was already fighting emphysema when his health took a turn for the worse.
"I was not doing too well. A lot of coughing. I was very listless," said Sveden.
On Memorial Day, Sveden's wife called 911, and he was rushed to the hospital where doctors took X-rays and found his left lung had collapsed.
For two weeks, they ran tests, but they all came back negative for cancer. Until one doctor found the plant growing in his lung.
"Whether this would have gone full-term and I'd be working for the jolly Green Giant, I don't know. I think the thing that finally dawned on me is that it wasn't the cancer," said Sveden.
Sveden said he never felt anything growing in his chest, just a lot of coughing.
Doctors suspect he had eaten a pea at some point in the last couple of months and it went down the wrong way and then began to grow.
"One of the first meals I had in the hospital after the surgery had peas for the vegetable. I laughed to myself and ate them," said Sveden.
His wife, Nancy, was beyond happy with this strange twist of fate.
"God has such a sense of humor. It could have been just nothing, but it had to be a pea, and it had to be sprouting," said Nancy.
Sveden continues to recover at home.
Friends and neighbors have had fun with this. They sent him pea seeds and canned peas all in good fun.
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http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2010/aug/...ung-ar-186477/
Okay, not killer, but I fucking hate peas so now I feel a little justified for all those times I sat at the dinner table for hours because mom wouldn't let me get up until I ate what was on the plate.
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08-11-2010, 06:38 PM
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Peas suck anyway.
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08-11-2010, 07:50 PM
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Er, was he eating them raw? I don't even see how that could happen.
From what I understand, peas like cooler climates, and they need a decent amount of sunlight to germinate. It does remind me of an urban legend about a guy with a pine tree growing in his lung.
Damn... some things are stranger than fiction.
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08-11-2010, 07:54 PM
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I like peas. *shuffles off*
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08-11-2010, 08:01 PM
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Bats don't eat peas!
I caught you in your lie!
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08-11-2010, 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by PortraitOfSanity
Bats don't eat peas!
I caught you in your lie!
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I do eat peas. I'll video it and put it on you tube and then I'll be famous. (end sarcastic voice).
Fruit bat. There is drought over here, I'll eat anything.
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08-11-2010, 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Saya
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Drats it's already been done. I won't be famous. *sniff sniff*
I was going to be the bat version of Justin Beiber (or however you spell it)
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08-12-2010, 02:37 AM
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Yer supposed to eat them, not snort them.
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08-12-2010, 07:22 AM
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I like peas. Especially fresh-picked, home-cooked black-eyed peas with home-made cornbread.
Mmmmmmmmmmm......
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08-12-2010, 11:07 AM
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That sounds disgusting.
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08-12-2010, 12:22 PM
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You know what I hate? When there's an otherwise delicious meal, like a pot pie, where every other veggies I adore, but there's fucking peas in it.
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08-12-2010, 12:40 PM
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First killer tomatoes, and now this.
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08-12-2010, 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Saya
You know what I hate? When there's an otherwise delicious meal, like a pot pie, where every other veggies I adore, but there's fucking peas in it.
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Yea, agreed. I'd totally buy those microwave pot pies, they're awesome, except for the peas.
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08-12-2010, 02:35 PM
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It's discrimination against peas.
I'm going to plant more peas in my bat garden if spring gets here. What about snow peas and sweat peas - do you hate those equally as much?
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08-13-2010, 03:13 AM
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As stated before: I knew there was a good reason I can't stand them... That bit about a food being good except for the peas was spot on as well, like fried rice for example...
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08-13-2010, 03:46 AM
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More peas please!! Watchout the one on the right... no not that one, the one next to that one, has a rocket launcher and it's going to get you!
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08-13-2010, 01:51 PM
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Mmm snow peas in stir-fry.
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08-13-2010, 02:22 PM
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Watch, the next person is going to have tree growing in their stomach.
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