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Doctors Remove Piece of 'Wendy's' Plastic Lodged in Man's Lung for Two Years


Health & Wellness  (tags: lung problems, plastic, surgery, breathing )

Lone
- 90 days ago - nydailynews.com
For the first time in two years, a former Queens man is breathing easier after doctors solved a medical mystery by removing a piece of a fast-food utensil from his lung.
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Chaz Gaily Berlusconi (266)
Saturday September 19, 2009, 11:43 pm
We were always told that fast foods were not good for us.. this is proof hey!
 

mary f. (77)
Sunday September 20, 2009, 6:03 am
thanks terry
 

MyKinK Star (25)
Sunday September 20, 2009, 9:46 am
This makes no sense! He says he 'likes to take big gulps' and this must have been in his drink when he swallowed it. Then how did it get into this lungs? Swallowing means it could go down his throat and stomach, but he'd have to inhale while drinking for it to get into his lungs! Geez!
 

Rhonda Maness (466)
Sunday September 20, 2009, 2:40 pm
Thanks Terry
 

Sylvia W. (13)
Sunday September 20, 2009, 4:36 pm
I've heard of people inhaling their food but this is ridiculous! No wonder so many people are obese if they can't even slow down long enough to taste their fast food! Yuck!
 

Edward H. (44)
Sunday September 20, 2009, 10:48 pm
As the saying goes, "Take human bites!" Or gulps. When you swallow something, the epiglottis, which is a flap of tissue that sits at the base of the tongue that keeps food from going into the trachea, or windpipe, during swallowing, should have stopped him from inhaling it.

Anyone want to take bets the guy sues the doctors, Wendy's and anyone else he can?
 

Jamie Clemons (141)
Monday September 21, 2009, 11:04 am
Warning eating plastic can be dangerous to your health LOL.
 
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