Man Swallows Spoon
September 19, 2009 by Cherie Burbach
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
I’m always amazed at some of the things people accidentally swallow or ingest. Such is the case with John Manley who, as CNN reports, swallowed a spoon from Wendy’s. He had two years of suffering with “ill health, coughing, vomiting and pain.” His doctors viewed his lungs with an endoscope (which is basically a small medical camera) and saw that there was a spoon in his lung that had writing on it. After further investigation they found that the spoon said “Wendy’s” on it.
The man claims that there is no way he could have ingested this, …read more
CFS Makes A Common Cold Not So Common
March 4, 2008 by laura
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
I reported yesterday, that I was home sick because I was trying knock a heinous cold out of my system. Seems that my cold is not exactly the common variety. On top this cold, I have a slight case of mono and a lung infection. Normally, I can deal with one or the other – but the combination of the two, with the added addition of the cold, has been a little too much for me. No wonder, I had been feeling so lousy and out of sorts lately.
Anyway, I am on the mend. My …read more




