I found this on one of the groups i am on, so not shure ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra Warren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 12:59 AM Subject: [RecipesAndMore] Re: Meet People with Unbelievable Medical Conditions
> > 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". >> >> >> > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.173 / Virus Database: 270.8.0/1725 - Release Date: 10/14/2008 9:25 PM --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
