Cigarette packs patch up hole in chest

hamesy · 24 Apr 2008 at 12:22

platypus · 24 Apr 2008 at 12:24

Smoking saves!

Stinky · 24 Apr 2008 at 12:24

ouch!

V-Spec · 24 Apr 2008 at 12:24

thats insane :eek:

MookJong · 24 Apr 2008 at 12:24

Finally some cigarettes that are actually good for your health

davethe11 · 24 Apr 2008 at 12:25

> norris

neil3k · 24 Apr 2008 at 12:26

PixelChef · 24 Apr 2008 at 12:26

woah

johnny6 · 24 Apr 2008 at 12:27

Hang on a minute why didn't he work out the finances before starting the surgery???? Crazy

Wiggins · 24 Apr 2008 at 12:30

Oh Lordy!!! :eek:

My egg on toast nearly bounced then.

Master_X · 24 Apr 2008 at 12:36

HOLY MOLY

AmDaMan · 24 Apr 2008 at 12:49

How can they see his beating heart? That wound is on the right side of his chest??

quackers · 24 Apr 2008 at 12:52

how did he get the wound in the first place?

Sankari · 24 Apr 2008 at 12:52

Sankari · 24 Apr 2008 at 12:53

quackers said:
how did he get the wound in the first place?

Part of his ribs and skin were hacked away by surgeons in 1998, hoping to remove part of his infected lungs.

Wiggins · 24 Apr 2008 at 12:53

AmDaMan said:
How can they see his beating heart? That wound is on the right side of his chest??

An estimated one in 8,000 people are dextrocardiac - that is, their heart is not on the left hand side of their body, but slightly to the right.

Irish_Tom · 24 Apr 2008 at 12:53

AmDaMan said:
How can they see his beating heart? That wound is on the right side of his chest??

dextrocardiac don't you know.

Bah beaten to it.

Panzer

Doohickey · 24 Apr 2008 at 12:54

AmDaMan said:
How can they see his beating heart? That wound is on the right side of his chest??

Helpfully they slip in the very minor point (lol) right at the end of the article that he has dextrocardia

platypus · 24 Apr 2008 at 12:54

AmDaMan said:
How can they see his beating heart? That wound is on the right side of his chest??

He's one of those rare people who are dextrocardiac.

SentineL-X · 24 Apr 2008 at 12:54

Did you two not read any of the article that followed?

*Sigh*