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March 8, 2023 Leave a Comment

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Types of Skin Cancer

The warning alphabet for skin cancer is

A – asymmetrical shape: ex. oblong or patchy vs round

B – border or bleeding: clean vs blurry or jagged edges, or a spot that bleeds when touched or lightly scratched

C – color: patchy colors or a very dark center

D – diameter: anything bigger than a pencil eraser is no bueno

E – evolution or elevation: sudden changes in size, shape, diameter or color and a rough or raised surface

F – fried egg: moles that have a bull’s-eye or fried egg appearance and have a darker center

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June 13, 2022

High On Crystal Meth, Kaylee Muthart Gouged Out Both Of Her Eyes As A Sacrifice To God

Kaylee Muthart, 20, was heard screaming outside South Main Chapel and Mercy Centre in South Carolina on February 6.

When parishioners ran out they found her holding her eyeballs in her hands and desperately tried to restrain her.

She has now told how – in a drug-addled haze – she thought she had heard God calling on her to make the gruesome “sacrifice”.

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July 13, 2021 Leave a Comment

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Woman Holds Her Own Heart Following Successful Heart Transplant Surgery

Penny Smith, 35, received her heart transplant in September 2012. She had known for years that she might one day need one.

"I was 3 and a half when I was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins T-cell lymphoma and I went into remission at age 6," she told the Daily News. "From there in 1994 I developed a heart problem, which my mom knew about. (The doctors) had told her when I went through chemo that I would have it."

Doctors monitored her condition closely over the years, but, Smith says, "I went downhill in 2007. I couldn’t breathe, I could barely walk.

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