"Tree Man" updates

[Zephik]

He's not looking half bad these days!

http://a.abcnews.com/images/Primetime/abc_treeman_9_080807_ssh.jpg

http://declubz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/tree-man.jpg

[theshoeshineman]

Wow!

Dede is looking SO MUCH BETTTER!

After all those years of mental and physical torment it must have played on him. It is really good to see!

When I watched the documentry on him a few months ago he was SO SO depressed (as you would). So yeah it's good that his standard of living has improved so much!

I just wonder how many more painful operations he has to go for before he says enough and gives up the fight because it sounds like it's something that will just grow back.

[Datech]

According to the show, the warts will probably continue to grow back, and the bones in his hands are either very weak or nonexistent due to osteoporosis. I don't know if anything has changed since that recent show, but I think it will take some other form of treatment to truly make him better.

[FuzzyPlushroom]

Oh, man. That's just painful to look at. I think I'd be looking at prosthetic hands if I were in his situation... 's gotta suck.

[TheGreatSatan]

Whoa! He has a face! There's got to be some kind of genetic fix for this. Maybe cord blood?

[Datech]

TGS, supposedly he has a very unique/weak immune system, and this is an incredibly rare manifestation of the Human Papoloma(sp?) Virus. If he isn't treated and a biotic or chemical cure isn't found, all of the warts will continue to grow back. One of the proposed treatment is enhanced synthetic vitamin A and C, but the Malaysian government keeps intervening and paying for the warts to be physically removed.

[TheGreatSatan]

I watched the special on TV

[Datech]

I watched the special on TV

Then why am I assuming you didnt?

[crenn]

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25046833-23109,00.html

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