DITTO - this is beyond gross...please COOK your food THOROUGHLY...
2008/11/24 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I don't know ... I just know I am grossed out by this story. > > > On Nov 24, 2008, at 2:07 PM, Aisha Jordan wrote: > > did she inhale the food through her nose? jeez... > > On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 2:56 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> [image: ABC News] [image: ABC News] <http://abcnews.go.com/> >> >> - Good Morning America <http://abcnews.go.com/gma>| >> - World News <http://abcnews.go.com/wn>| >> - 20/20 <http://abcnews.go.com/2020>| >> - Primetime <http://abcnews.go.com/primetime>| >> - Nightline <http://abcnews.go.com/nightline>| >> - This Week <http://abcnews.go.com/thisweek>| >> - ABC News Now <http://abcnews.go.com/abcnewsnow>| >> - i-Caught <http://ugv.abcnews.go.com/>| >> - ABC.com <http://abc.go.com/> >> >> >> - Home <http://abcnews.go.com/>| >> - World <http://abcnews.go.com/international>| >> - U.S. <http://abcnews.go.com/us>| >> - Investigative <http://abcnews.go.com/blotter>| >> - Politics <http://abcnews.go.com/politics>| >> - Polls <http://abcnews.go.com/pollingunit>| >> - Money <http://abcnews.go.com/business>| >> - Health <http://abcnews.go.com/health>| >> - Entertainment <http://abcnews.go.com/entertainment>| >> - ESPN Sports <http://abcnews.go.com/sports>| >> - SciTech <http://abcnews.go.com/technology>| >> - Law <http://abcnews.go.com/thelaw>| >> - Travel <http://abcnews.go.com/travel>| >> - On Campus <http://abcnews.go.com/oncampus> >> >> [image: Health] <http://abcnews.go.com/Health/> >> Home <http://abcnews.go.com/> > Health <http://abcnews.go.com/Health/>> >> OnCall+ >> Pain Management <http://abcnews.go.com/Health/PainManagement/> >> It's Not a Tumor, It's a Brain Worm >> Doctor Surprised to Find a Worm Living Inside a Woman's Brain >> *By LAUREN COX >> ABC News Medical Unit* >> Nov. 24, 2008 >> >> 32 comments <http://abcnews.go.com/Health/comments?type=story&id=6309464> >> FONT SIZE >> EMAIL <http://app.abcnews.go.com/sendtofriend/SendToFriend?id=6309464> >> PRINT <http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=6309464> >> SHARE <http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php> >> RSS <http://my.abcnews.go.com/rsspublic/health_rss20.xml> >> >> Late last summer, Rosemary Alvarez of Phoenix thought she had a brain >> tumor. 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