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08-06-2008, 03:51 PM
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Elephant Man
James O'Neal, a grocery store cashier in Redmond, Wash., suffers from a genetic condition called neurofibromatosis that left his face disfigured; he compares his appearance to that of the "Elephant Man." Now, his customers and friends are raising money to help him have reconstructive facial surgery that will offer him a more normal appearance.
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03-30-2009, 11:23 AM
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Re: Elephant Man
I like how he wears the eyepatch, so that people don't have to see the disfigured eye. Don't want to weird people out ya know.
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03-30-2009, 04:04 PM
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Re: Elephant Man
Yeah. Joseph had it way worse. But I've heard that he never let it bother him and that he was a very sincere and intelligent guy. Wrote poetry. David Lynch did a film about him called "The Elephant Man". Pretty good flick!
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04-05-2009, 01:42 PM
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Re: Elephant Man
Proteus syndrome is very weird. It's so rare because it involves a double genetic error. First, the baby has to get one dysfunctional copy of a certain growth-regulator gene. Then, at some point in embryonic development, one cell has to undergo another random mutation that disables its other copy of the same gene. If it happens very early, like in the first few cells of the embryo, up to half the body can basically become one unregulated tumor.
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04-06-2009, 01:35 PM
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Re: Elephant Man
You're absolutely right there moticos, I have that on DVD. I had the honour & pleasure of seeing Merrick's skeleton in the Royal London hospital along with his enormous hat and a paper church he made when I was a mortician - we had secret access to places  Saw his room too. It was really surreal and sad. Freaky twat Michael Jackson wanted to but the skeleton for in his house  |
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04-13-2009, 11:58 PM
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Re: Elephant Man
actually james lives in Kirkland, WA and works at the Kingsgate Safeway, i know because im from there, and ive known james my whole life, hes the sweetest guy in the world, thats why everyone raising money for him. hes been working at safeway forever to.
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08-28-2009, 08:36 PM
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Re: Elephant Man
What a sad existence to go threw life with this sad deformity. his biography said he was a loving gracious man eventhough he was mocked and ridiculed for being different. His final demise came when he leaned back and the weight of his head suffocated him.  |
