Lose 140lbs in two months without diet or exercise!!! I guess that leaves disease. Oregon Woman Gets 140-Pound Tumor Removed REDMOND, Ore. — Linda Rittenbach tried all the diets and workouts, but nothing would help her lose weight. Doctors even suggested weight-loss surgery. It wasn't until the Redmond woman went to a different doctor this spring for flu-like symptoms that she found out why she couldn't shed the pounds. A 140-pound cancerous tumor had been growing near her stomach for the past 15 to 20 years. "My doctor told me I had two choices," she told KTVZ-TV. "I could either live or die. And I had a 20 percent chance, if I had the surgery." It took doctors in Redmond and Portland three surgeries, over two months, to remove the tumor. Doctors had to remove her kidneys to complete the surgery, and were only able to put one back. "The type of tumor that wound up being extracted was extremely rare," said Dr. George Tsai at St. Charles Medical Center-Redmond. "But I think it underscores that when things don't quite make sense and become a chronic problem, don't stop until you find the answer."
That strange...I'm no medical expert but with the size of tumor that big buildup in her stomach, wouldn't that cause her to lose weight instead of gaining? I mean, it seems very odd to say a person who is unhealthy but gaining weight....The tumor could block normal organ functions.
actually i was to disagree with this because in order for you to lose weight you need to diet and exercise but with this case, it's about tumor though..
Maybe she didn't have very much weight besides the tumor. Or maybe she was losing wait but didn't notice because of the tumor, or something...
Oh snap, I thought you were going to give me a way to shed a few hundred of these extra pounds I'm lugging around. :[