[Sharon]

09/12/13

An Australian man has been left in agony with a killer belly condition after he caught a mystery bug taking a sip from a can of beer he dropped in a river.

The man, aged 60, was on the Brisbane River, Queensland, on a fishing trip in March last year when he dropped a can in the water.

Without thinking he picked up the tin and carried on drinking it.

Just a few hours later he was violently ill and has since had to endure countless hospital visits and operations to try and get rid of the large mass growing from his stomach.

He was operated on at his local Caboolture hospital after antibiotics prescribed to him failed.

He was transferred to the Royal Brisbane Hospital for a third operation, which initially was thought to be a success.

Instead he went into more shock when he woke up with an even larger and more grotesque hernia-like mass on his stomach.

On May 8 this year, he was once again admitted for surgery at the RBH to remove the mass, an operation he thought would be his last - but now the condition has returned again.

He is now making a worldwide appeal to anyone who can cure his mystery illness, the large mass had returned but he said he was told by doctors that there was nothing they could do for at least 12 months

He told Caters News: "They operated and I was left with a flat stomach.

"But not long after, when you can see what you had for supper, you know something is wrong, that was the day I knew I was in strife.

"I'm told we have to start the whole process again.

"Clearly the Brisbane River is far more polluted than people think - it was a split second decision on my part - a stupid one - and I have to live with this for the rest of my life.

"I want to tell my story to the world in the hope that someone somewhere might answer my prayers and finally get me well - I'm a good bloke and I want to be around for my kids and my little grandchild so if there's a bloody good doc out there that can help, then give me a holler."

[Faline]

that's some scary shit.

Reminds me of when i was in my late teens, went camping with some friends, ya know getting wrecked and having a good time when on the last day we ran out of water. We were hungover with mouths as dry as Gandhi's flip flops so tied some string to a mug and dunked it in the river
We gulped it down like thirsty fuckers and all came down sick, my friend was having mild hallucinations lol Wasn't funny at the time mind but we were all ill for around a week with sickness, had to go to the doctors and were given medication.
Got off lucky compared to this guy!

[Sharon]

Wow you sure did!!! Those were the days though hey? Amazing fun

Thankfully, none of the Scottish rivers we drank from were polluted, in fact, we polluted them

[Hobbslefthand]

Poor guy. I reckon it was just Fosters that did it though, probably had nothing to do with the river.

[kellyhound]

he has an incisional hernia after surgery.
http://surgery.about.com/od/procedur...ionalHerni.htm

[Megamel29]

Daaaaaaaamn! What the hell is in the water?

[Pyramid_Head]

Yea that was a stupid move. But most people just don't think.

[Hvergelmir]

Originally Posted by Hobbslefthand ↗

Poor guy. I reckon it was just Fosters that did it though, probably had nothing to do with the river.

Foster's is american, the aussies hate the stuff.

[thorny007]

After the brisbane river being flooded to hell I wouldn't even dip my feet in the shit.

[CoryJames]

Jesus, they advise you not to swim in the thing, let alone drink it.