Last night I finally had time to catch up on some DVR action. I’m trying to clear it out to gear up for the 7 hour Ghost Hunters Live Hunt! I know–I’m totally awesome and my Halloween is going to be WAY more fun than yours. I decided to watch the shows that I’m not allowed to watch when the hubby’s home. He absolutely HATES medical shows and can’t watch anything pertaining to any type of medical abnormality or weird diagnosis. He automatically assumes he has the disease and then he gets paranoid and annoying. I guess some might call him a hypochondriac.
I finally got to watch the documentary on The Tree Man. I don’t know if you all have heard about him but it is a man who has warts that grow and grow and grow and they end up looking like tree roots. Here’s a picture of him (if you’re easily squeamish turn away):
I feel so bad for him. I was thinking last night as I watched this–I guess being ten pounds overweight isn’t so bad after all. He seemed like a nice enough man. The main reason he wanted these off of him wasn’t because of people staring and talking about him it was because he wanted to make money to support his family. Well this of course prompted a conversation with the hubby when he came home:
Me: So, what if I was like the tree man and had warts like that?
BK: What do you mean?
Me: I mean would you divorce me or could you stay with me?
BK: Ummm…hmmm…Ye–no, I think I’d have to divorce you. I would have the hardest time not just ripping those warts off of you.
So, Sadie woke me up this morning clawing at the bedroom door. I let her out in the living room and just sat there and she panted and panted and panted right in my face. I told her to buzz off and she did. And then she peed–all over the spare bedroom floor. And when I say all over I mean it was a puddle the size of the Atlantic Ocean. Only it didn’t smell like ocean water–it smelled like cheerios…
Yeah, that’s what she gets for peeing on the floor–a picture with her eyes closed! PAYBACK!
Can you tell I was holding her precious stick?
Lexi can do no wrong…she’s perfect…
except five minutes after this pic was taken she tried to kill a rottweiler outside the fence.
TOMORROW–DOGS IN COSTUMES! WOO HOO!
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ew, that picture kind of freaked me out. that is a very sad situation – my husband would probably divorce me too if i had that condition!
huge puddle – that’s what you get for telling poor Sadie to buzz off!
I LOVE perfect puppies. Wish I owned one hehehehe
I guess you shouldn’t have told Sadie to buzz off. 🙂
Oh, boy, dogs in costumes! I can’t wait! (seriously, I love animals dressed up in costumes)
I feel bad for the tree man. I couldn’t imagine having to live with a condition like that.
Can’t wait to see the dog costume pics. 🙂
Yikes. Feel a bit sick now. But, you are right, puts the whole “I hate my eye wrinkles!” thing into perspective.
Is the tree man actually real? If he is real, then I feel REALLY bad for him..wow..anyhoo, I can’t wait to see the doggie’s Halloween customes tomorrow..
My heart goes out to the tree man. We read about his struggles and how others like him can only work as “actors” in a sort of a sideshow. I feel ill just thinking about how these wonderful people are treated.
Blessings,
lacy
I’m with your hubby on this one ~ I saw the preview for this show and had to turn the channel until it was over. I feel really sorry for him, but that doesn’t mean that I can watch a long show about it. I hope they were able to help him ~ it really does melt your heart that his main concern was how he was going to be able to provide for his family.
Your dogs are too funny…you know Sadie was totally getting you back for the “buzz off” comment. Ha!
Angie in OH
Are they able to help the tree man? Can doctors remove the warts? Ugh, that just makes me feel so bad for him.
On a side note at least your dog tries to wake you to take her outside, mine just sneaks into the other room and does her thing.
I feel bad for him too.. but now I want to see the video… i am just wrong aren’t I? Hey wait a min… you watched it first…
Ummmm from one pet lover to another….tip: feed them so they don’t have to eat sticks…let them OUTSIDE to pee…its a much easier clean up! And I didn’t even notice the warts…I was stuck when you said “man”…sheesh dude looks like a chick…the warts are the least of his worries. Ok that wasn’t nice. I have sympathy really I do….its very sad….and I wonder if he needs to be watered frequently….OH MAN…that wasn’t right either. So sorry tree man.
I feel bad for that treeman.
Hi, I just came over from Lacy’s blog. You dogs are adorable!
EW. Oh my God. I had to scroll by really fast because I could tell that picture was going to scare the crap out of me. The dogs are cute!
How AWFUL to have warts like that… UGH!
TOMORROW!
OMG that is so sad. How long has he had these warts?? and what are they from? so sad, but so icky!
awww Sadie, it’s ok, my Chloe pisses on her blanket as soon as it comes out of the wash. but her piss doesn’t smell like cheerios.
Yeah. Dogs in Costume Friday! LOL Maybe, just maybe I will be a total copycat and post a pic of our pug in costume.
Ew. I couldn’t help but look and look again at poor tree man. Yikes. How terrible. How sweet that your husband would stay with…wait. Sorry ’bout that.
OMG, I feel so bad for him too… I can’t imagine being like that…. I DVR shows to watch while I am feeding the baby, I HATE commercials …..
I watched that show or one like it last year – When I saw the one the other day I just couldn’t watch it. I think I had dreams about being a tree for months. It is fascinating though, to see these weird diseases.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who has to watch DVR shows away from the husband. Mine is pretty picky about TV shows and for some reason he really dislikes America’s Next Top Model LOL
that is an awful condition to have. i wish i would have looked away 😦 poor guy
Take that Sadie! Uh huh, I know that hurt. All over the blogosphere with less than pretty pictures. BAM!
That’s the first I’ve ever heard of the Tree Man – crazy!
I can’t wait to see your dog’s costumes!
Lexi was defending her fort ya know….that’s why she tried to kill the rottie…Invading the fort is grounds for capital punishment 🙂
Normally I’m like your husband, but I actually watched some of it. I even left it on when they were doing the surgery, although I watched it through my fingers.
Can’t wait to see puppy costumes!
Wow – I didn’t see this show, but I can’t imagine that his body can handle the weight of all of that. I worked with a woman who everyone thought was pregnant until they realized she was well past the biological age for that sort of thing. Turned out she had a 30 pound tumor in her abdominal cavity. The reason she finally had herself checked out by a doctor was because she fainted from blood loss! Too much blood was being used by the tumor!! Thankfully, she is just great and so much happier. I hope the same can be said of Tree Man.
can not wait to see the dog costumes!
First of all, you have inspired me to get myself to the doctor to get my wart burned off. Yes, Steenky has a wart. Yuck. Second, how much do I love it that you warned us about dogs in costumes. I am so coming back even though I am technically swearing off the interweb for a few days. Third, and I’m totally serious about this and you can quote me on this…when I die, I would like to be reincarnated as one of your dogs. You treat those two better than some people treat their kids. For reals, I’d like to be your dog. Just don’t make me sleep in a crate.
I saw poor tree man on TV. What a warty trajedy. Ouch!
cheerio-pee? seriously??? hmmm – i guess loving someone like that truly is un-conditional. i mean – i suppose there are certain conditions that i have – don’t think i am the right spouse for that job!
Wow, I have seen the tree man disease but much less drastic than that. I almost thought it was a Halloween costume at first. Funny though what you said about having an extra 10 lbs is not so bad. That’s what i keep telling myself.
Even as a nurse, that would make me gag, too. I wonder if he has squirrel issues.
yeah, any time we are scrolling through the tv guide and i see a title like “the man with no nose” or “woman and her torso” i just have to watch. just terrible. that poor man. and cheerio pee??? hahahhahah!!! i’m dying!
I could’ve sworn I had put you on my blog roll. I’m such a bloggy newbie…trying to fix that now. Don’t know how I missed your last few posts!
I LOVE these types of shows, and he refuses to watch them. I won’t watch Law & Order or House so we compromise on stuff like Family Guy…all while I COULD’VE been watching the world’s smallest, or tallest, or whatever people, hmph!
Can you believe that guy’s condition is from HPV?!
And he’s not being treated in the US due to funding, and his docs aren’t listening to the US doc who says they really need to be focusing on the treating the HPV not hacking off the warts…ack!
Who doesn’t love watching that???
LOL
won’t let me…says it doesn’t detect a feed…sniffle
… I just don’t agree with your husband and several of the other commenters. I would stay with my partner regardless what he had on his hands and feet… Love conquers all C: