A Woman In Taiwan Is Set For Surgery On Her Massive Legs:

An upcoming surgery in Taiwan may end the suffering of a young Chinese woman who has been unable to leave her house for nearly 20 years because of a rare condition known as elephantiasis, Agence France-Presse reported Friday.

Wang Cheng, 24, who lives in the eastern Chinese province of Zhiangsu, has not left her house or worn pants since she was 6 years old because the condition has caused her legs to deform and triple in size.

Her legs have swelled to 110 pounds, but the free surgery planned for Monday may alleviate the swelling by cutting away lymphatic tissue.

She looks absolutely miserable in those photos. Cross your fingers.

Farrah Fawcett Is Cashing In On Her Battle With Anal Cancer:

June 11, 2008 -- FARRAH Fawcett is making millions off her battle with anal cancer. She worked a financial deal with "Entertainment Tonight" earlier this year where the show followed her around to treatments and showed Fawcett's friends videotaping her ordeal. Now, the footage shot by Fawcett's pals is being sold to NBC for "over $2 million," said a source. Craig Nevius, the documentary's producer, said, "We are negotiating with one of the big three networks, but no deal has been signed yet." Presumably, footage would air on both "Today" and "Dateline." Last year, NBC paid close to $5 million to the Prince's Trust in England for interviews with Prince William and Harry.

More than $2 million? Well, I guess it's her business how she handles her battle with anal cancer but I think it would look a lot less disturbing if she used these massive television appearance profits for, I don't know, cancer research of some kind.

Miracle Baby Survives Abortion, Expected To Live 'Normal' Life:

A mother who decided to abort her son because he may have inherited a life-threatening kidney condition is overjoyed that he survived the procedure.

Jodie Percival of Nottinghamshire, England, said she and her fiancee made the decision to abort baby Finley when she was eight weeks pregnant.

Percival's first son Thane died of multicystic dysplastic kidneys — which causes cysts to grow on the kidneys of an unborn baby — and her second child Lewis was born with serious kidney damage and currently has just one kidney, the Daily Mail reported.

The details are a tough pill to swallow but well worth the read.

Cody Hall Endured 18 Surgeries To Reverse A Birth Defect:




Compare The Happy, Smiling Teen Above With Her Younger Self:

Cody Hall was born with a hemangioma, a tumorous birthmark that distorted the shape of her face and grew larger as she got older.

When she was 1-year-old, her doctors in England told her parents that nothing could be done about her condition, so her parents took her to see surgeons in the U.S.

Fourteen years and 18 reconstructive surgeries later, most of them at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in New York, the girl who once had a hopelessly deformed face was flashing a beautiful smile at the prom.

An inspiring story to say the least. We wish her all the best.

Miami Doctors Prepare To Remove This Massive Tumor From Girl:

At 15, Lai Thi Dao has never been to school, has no friends and is rarely allowed outside her family's home because her parents hoped to spare her from the curious stares of neighbors in their small mountain village in Vietnam.

All that, she hopes, will change beginning next week, when she undergoes surgery at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital to remove a massive growth that has consumed the lower half of her face.

Lai suffers from a massive Schwannoma tumor, a benign growth that began with a small lump in her tongue but swelled over the years to a size roughly one-third her body weight. The tumor makes it difficult to eat, talk and even walk because its size throws the girl's small frame off balance. The growth is now dangerously close to cutting off her airway, and doctors described the surgery as life-saving.

The photos above are a bit tough to stomach but it's the reality of the situation at hand. This isn't the first bizarre medical story we've featured on this site and it surely won't be the last. The quality of life factor in this case is so low it's astounding. I know that the staff at Jackson Memorial is infinitely qualified in dealing with people like Lai Ti Dao and that she is in good hands. All you can do now is hope.

A Two-Headed Baby In India Is Creating Quite A Stir:

Ask anyone along the dusty, pothole filled road heading to the tiny village of Saini, and they'll know who she is. The one with four eyes. The one with two mouths. The one with two heads.

Saini is being treated as a 'reincarnation of God' in her village.

Papa Don't Preach, Thomas Beatie Is Having A Baby:

Meet Thomas Beatie. He was born biologically female, had sex reassignment surgery, and is now legally male. When his wife, Nancy, was unable to have children, Thomas, who still has female genitalia, decided he’d carry their baby himself. And thus became the world’s first pregnant man. A process which, unsurprisingly, hasn’t been too easy.

Read the Bizarre story of Thomas Beatie via the Advocate.

Update: Fox affiliate video report adds details.

Meet Pascal Coler, The First Face Transplant Recipient:



After 16 hours in the operating room, he emerged with a new face.