Del, where can we go to listen to this show? I wish I were like the first person, eat anything and stay fit and trim! all of these unusual cases would be interesting to view.
Sandy ----- Original Message ----- From: "delma bliss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]>; "AudioPluss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "JanetsKitchen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "OurKitchenTable2" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 11:23 PM Subject: [RecipesAndMore] Meet People with Unbelievable Medical Conditions > > > Meet People with Unbelievable Medical Conditions > > 1. The Man Who Can't Get Fat > > Mr Perry, 59, can eat whatever he likes - including unlimited pies, > burgers > and desserts - and never get fat. He cannot put on weight because of a > condition called lipodystrophy that makes his body rapidly burn fat. > > He used to be a chubby child, but at age 12 the fat dropped off > "almost over night". He initially tried to eat more to gain weight, but it > had no effect. Mr Perry, of Ilford in Essex , endured a decade of tests > before the illness was diagnosed. It finally emerged that his body > produces > six times the normal level of insulin. Doctors have admitted that the > condition would be a "slimmer's dream". > > > > > > > 2. The Man Who Doesn't Feel Cold > > > > > > > > > > Dutchman > Wim Hof, also known as the Iceman, is the man that swam under ice, > and > stood in bins filled with ice. He climbed the Mt. Blanc in shorts in the > icy > cold, harvested world records and always stands for new challenges. > > Scientists can't really explain it, but the 48-year-old Dutchman is > able to withstand, and even thrive, in temperatures that could be fatal to > the average person. > 3. The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep: stayed awake 24 hours a day for years > > > > > > > > > > > Rhett Lamb is often cranky like any other 3-year-old toddler, but > there's one thing that makes him completely different: he has a rare > medical > condition in which he can't sleep a wink. > > Rhett is awake nearly 24 hours a day, and his condition has baffled > his parents and doctors for years. They took clock shifts watching his > every > sleep-deprived mood to determine what ailed the young boy. > > After a number of conflicting opinions, Shannon and David Lamb > finally > learned what was wrong with their child: Doctors diagnosed Rhett with an > extremely rare condition called chiari malformation. > > "The brain literally is squeezed into the spinal column. What happens > is you get compression, squeezing, strangulating of the brain stem, which > has all the vital functions that control sleep, speech, our cranial > nerves, > our circulatory system, even our breathing system," Savard said. > 4. The Girl Who is Allergic to Water > > > > > > > > Teenager > Ashleigh Morris can't go swimming, soak in a hot bath or enjoy a > shower after a stressful day's work - she's allergic to water. Even > sweating > brings the 19-year-old out in a painful rash. > > Ashleigh, from Melbourne , Australia , is allergic to water of any > temperature, a condition she's lived with since she was 14. She suffers > from > an extremely rare skin disorder called Aquagenic Urticaria - so unusual > that > only a handful of cases are documented worldwide. > 5. The Woman Who Can't Forget > > > > > > > > > > That's the > story of AJ, an extraordinary 40-year-old married woman who remembers > everything. > > McGaugh and fellow UCI researchers Larry Cahill and Elizabeth Parker > have been studying the extraordinary case of a person who has "nonstop, > uncontrollable and automatic" memory of her personal history and countless > public events. If you randomly pick a date from the past 25 years and ask > her about it, she'll usually provide elaborate, verifiable details about > what happened to her that day and if there were any significant news > events > on topics that interested her. She usually also recalls what day of the > week > it was and what the weather was like. > > The 40-year-old woman, who was given the code name AJ to protect her > privacy, is so unusual that UCI coined a name for her condition in a > recent > issue of the journal Neurocase: hyperthymestic syndrome. > 6. The Girl Who Eats Only Tic Tacs > > > > > > > > > > Meet > Natalie Cooper, a 17-year-old teenager who has a mystery illness that > makes her sick every time she eats anything. Well, almost anything. She > can > eat one thing that doesn't make her sick: Tic tac mint! > > For reasons that doctors are unable to explain, Tic tacs are the only > thing she can stomach, meaning she has to get the rest of her sustenance > from a specially formulated feed through a tube. > 7. The Musician Who Can't Stop Hiccupping > > > > > > > > > > Chris Sands, 24, from Lincoln , hiccups as often as every two > seconds - and sometimes even when he is asleep. He has tried a variety of > cures, including hypno sis and yoga, but nothing has worked. Mr Sands > thinks > his problem stems from an acid reflux condition caused by a damaged valve > in > his stomach. "If the acid levels are severe enough they are going to do > keyhole surgery and grab part of my stomach and wrap it around the valve > to > tighten it," he said. > > Mr Sands, who is a backing singer in the group Ebullient, said the > condition has hampered his career as he has only been able to perform four > times. In the > next couple of weeks --as of the day of the report--, doctors at > Nottingham 's Queen's Medical Centre will put a tube into his stomach to > monitor acid levels and decide if keyhole surgery is possible. > 8. The Girl That Collapses Every Time She Laughs > > Kay Underwood, 20, has cataplexy, which means that almost any sort of > strong emotion triggers a dramatic weakening of her muscles. Exhilaration, > anger, fear, surprise, awe and even embarrassment can also cause sufferers > to suddenly collapse on the spot. > > Kay, of Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicestershire (UK), who was diagnosed with > the condition five years ago, once collapsed more than 40 times in a > single > day. She said: "People find it very odd when it happens, and it isn't > always > easy to cope with strangers' reactions. " > > Like most cataplexy sufferers, Ms Underwood is also battling > narcolepsy - a condition that makes her drop off to sleep without warning. > Narcolepsy affects around 30,000 people in the UK and about 70 per cent of > them also have cataplexy. > 9. The Woman Who is Allergic to Modern Technology > > > > > > > > > > For most people talking on a mobile phone, cooking dinner in the > microwave or driving in a car is simply part of modern living in 21st > century Britain . But completing any such tasks is impossible for > Debbie Bird - because she is allergic to Cell Phones and Microwaves. > > The 39-year-old is so sensitive to the > electromagnetic field (emf) or 'smog' created by > computers, mobile phones, microwave ovens and even some cars, that she > develops a painful skin rash and her eyelids swell to three times their > size > if she goes near them. As a consequence, Mrs Bird, a health spa manager, > has > transformed her home into an EMF-free zone to try and stay healthy. 'I can > no longer do things that I used to take for granted,' Mrs Bird said. "My > day-to-day life has been seriously affected by EMF". > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
