On Tue, 06 Oct 2015 14:09:14 -0300, wrote:

>On Tue, 06 Oct 2015 09:29:26 -0600, Janet B >
>wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 06 Oct 2015 08:24:39 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>>
>>>Janet B wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>>> >LOL. Sadly, only drama or history buffs would know what a cod piece is.
>>>>
>>>> gimme a break! Really?
>>>
>>>On a somewhat related but very disturbing note. I was channel surfing
>>>during commercial time last night. I clicked on TLC I think. It was
>>>titled, "The man with an 80-pound groin." Oh man did I ever wish I
>>>didn't see that. After watching a few minutes and determining that it
>>>was a real medical show. I quickly switched to some other friendly
>>>channel, saying la la la la all the time.
>>>
>>>Anyway, the guy was arguing with his doctor who wanted to remove it.
>>>Other doctors years ago told him that he could easily die on the
>>>operating table so that's why he put it off so long.
>>
>>Different guy apparently. On TV last night was surgery for The Man
>>with the 132 pound scrotum.
>>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/0...n_4966973.html
>>Janet US
>
>Wow how sad that some surgeon didn't step in and do something for
>free, perhaps on condition he could be filmed for hospital case books
>or something.

Doctors did perform the surgery under those kind of circumstances. He
had no insurance and surgery/recovery was estimated at 1 million.
Unfortunately he was grossly obese, had diabetes and had several heart
events and had infections He died recently at 49.
Janet US