Okay, I wasn’t sure how in or out of line I was when I posted this. But seriously, this is something we need to discuss.
“Woman Goes for Leg Operation Gets New Anus Instead”
A German retiree is taking a hospital to court after she went in for a leg operation and got a new anus instead, the Daily Telegraph is reporting.
The woman woke up to find she had been mixed up with another patient suffering from incontinence who was to have surgery on her sphincter.
The clinic in Hochfranken, Bavaria, has since suspended the surgical team.
Now the woman is planning to sue the hospital. She still needs the leg operation and is searching for another hospital to do it.
Really, I try not to touch on odd news. Don’t get me wrong, I read it. Boy, do I read it. I can’t get enough of the cyclic craziness that is news of the strange. But posting about it is a whole other story.
Post worthy or not, how angry would you be if you went in for a leg procedure and came out with a new Anus instead? Personally, I’d be quite angry. I’m sure anyone would that didn’t need a new Anus.
I’m also sort of curious about if this was actually a ‘new Anus’ or just a remodel of the old one?
Perhaps this story should be renamed to ‘Woman Goes in for Leg Operation, Leaves with Remodeled Anus.” Because I highly doubt they just gave a her a brand new one. I’m sure it was more of a remodeling job.
Your thoughts? (I promise that is the last time you will ever see the world anus on this blog. It probably just got me kicked out of every mommy group I belong to on the world wide web. )
Holy Shit. No wait, that’s not right.
Oh. my. holy. hell.
What? Seriously?
That just skurrs me… big time!!!
Okay, can’t wait to see what kind of traffic this gets you
rachel’s last blog post..No expectations
March 20th, 2008 at 1:03 am
A New Anus. Wow. I didn’t even know that there was such a surgery, and I’m trying really hard not to think too hard about exactly what that would mean or look like, “a new anus.” Shiny? Ew. Thanks for making me think about ass. I owe you one
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March 20th, 2008 at 1:22 am
And I thought the lady stuck to her toilet for two years was bad…
March 20th, 2008 at 1:38 am
This might sound horribly prejudiced or something, but I’m glad it wasn’t an American hospital. I mean, it’s comforting to think that American doctors MIGHT know what they’re doing…
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March 20th, 2008 at 3:38 am
I SO want to know the details here but not enough to actually click on the link to the news story.
Was it an ADDITIONAL anus? Like a bypass? Was it a prosthetic? Robotic? Bionic? Who could complain if they were accidentally given a bionic anus (that can see through walls and solve crime)?
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March 20th, 2008 at 5:31 am
I can’t say I blame her for suing. It’s not like the leg and the anus are related to one another, apart from by proximity.
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March 20th, 2008 at 5:42 am
So now she can’t walk, and probably also cannot sit or poop. I hope that anus is beautiful.
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March 20th, 2008 at 6:51 am
I wouldn’t mind a new anus, if the bum fairy would just wave her magic wand.
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March 20th, 2008 at 8:20 am
I think she got a new one, not just fixed the old. It’s not like they mixed up what part they were operating on. They just mixed up which patient they were operating on. Things like this do happen quite a bit which is why they have precautions in the states where the patient takes a marker and writes on the correct knee, leg, you get the point. Anyhoo, probably not her best day.
On a side note, the bionic anus made me laugh.
March 20th, 2008 at 9:29 am
saw that this morning and almost spit out my coffee
something about the word ANUS.
although I dont know any other good options as bu**hole just doesnt seem to fit the journalistic bill.
M.
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March 20th, 2008 at 9:43 am
Apparently new anus operations are like the new big surgery, but the mainstream media hasn’t caught on to what is going on. I was listening to Love Line the other night and Dr. Drew said that plastic anuses are being put into people like crazy. Why? Mostly because of anal sex. Most people aren’t suppose to do it–their bodies simply aren’t equipped for it. But because it was featured in a lot of porn videos in the 90s & now and because of the internet, more people are trying it themselves and getting seriously injured.
Personally, I’d rather come out with a new anus then be one of those patients where a limb is getting removed and they take off the wrong one.
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March 20th, 2008 at 9:50 am
Well, I would only be upset if they didn’t give me a new butt while they were at it.
I kid of course. That is very weird, and umm, violating I think.
March 20th, 2008 at 10:07 am
OK…my butt is involuntarily squeezing in and out going ….NONONONONONONON
Don’t you think they could look at it and think, “hmmmm i don’t see anything wrong with that”..”Gunther, check the charts”..
WTF?
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March 20th, 2008 at 10:07 am
OMG! That’s all I have today… just shock!
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March 20th, 2008 at 10:49 am
I crack up just thinking of what kind of consciousness the woman had over her a-hole to have that happen.
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March 20th, 2008 at 10:54 am
Yeah, If it was a new one, think how the survivors of that organ donor feel. “We thought they’d use his heart, or eyes.. but his butthole?????”
Yuck. I wonder if her new anus is treating her well..
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March 20th, 2008 at 11:31 am
Ummm…. so scary. I was dreaming of a boob job. But now, I am not so sure. Can you imagine? YIKES!
Thanks for leaving your link.
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March 20th, 2008 at 11:38 am
All I can think to say about that poor woman is OMG. OMG. O…M….G…!!
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March 20th, 2008 at 11:48 am
Did Madison say plastic anus? Hum…
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March 20th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Holy crap…..hee hee!
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March 20th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Yeah, I can’t get my head around that one. I didn’t even know that a new anus was an option. It’s amazing all the upgrades you can get these days…
Seriously, though???? A new anus???
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March 20th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
I mean?! Can this really happen? Times like these affirm that corporal punishment is in order!
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March 20th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
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March 20th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
OMG!! And, I get scared when someone I love is having surgery because of the whole “I’m sorry, but someone left a random operating tool inside you” thing. Things could always be worse- she could have gone home with a penis.
March 20th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Um…wow.
Do you think they just gave her a spit shine and left it at that? I mean, how does she know that her anus even got operated on at all?? Is it any cleaner? Maybe not as brown anymore?
Ok…I must stop now…am a bit nauseous.
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March 20th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Could you imagine waking up from the surgery and having a sore ass!! oh my goddness.. I am crying over here..lol
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March 20th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
I read about this yesterday, my hsband and I laughed our asses (no pun intended)off last night. That poor woman……I’m not to sure I’d want a “remodeled” anus…ever.
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March 20th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
OMG. That would be awful…… how do you remodel an anus? LMAO
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March 20th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
That gives swabbing the poop deck yet another dirty meaning. EGADS! Can you imagine?!
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March 20th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
You know, I’ve recently heard of people who are scheduled for surgery writing in Sharpie on their body: APPENDECTOMY, or whatever operation they are actually needing. I think it’s a GREAT idea!
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March 21st, 2008 at 1:01 am
I heard she was given the new model that plays “Hail to the Chief” if you happen to pass gas while Hilary Clinton is in the area.
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March 21st, 2008 at 9:53 am
I love weird news too! LOL Oh my gosh. I would be ticked. I still remember the pain from my c-section so needless surgery isn’t for me. To find out that I went in for one thing and woke up with another, ARGH! If that EVER happens to you, tell them that you don’t need a new anus or an improved anus..you have 80’s lady! Whoo hoo!!!! I definitely think she should drag all of their anuseseses through court!
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March 21st, 2008 at 11:48 am
I thought the article was funny, in a sick way, and your post was also funny, but the comments are totoaly making me bust something!
wiping tears out of my eyes as we sepak…
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March 21st, 2008 at 12:15 pm
like cyndy says…when i had knee surgery in ‘96, i was given a sharpie pre-surgery and told to ‘mark the leg they were operating on’…so of course smartass me, i wrote “NOT THIS ONE” on the other knee…heh.
March 21st, 2008 at 1:00 pm
That is so wrong!
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March 22nd, 2008 at 10:12 pm
I saw this too and the first thing I thought was “where’d they put the new anus”
Like on her foot, side of the leg, arm…
I never thought about the remodel.
March 22nd, 2008 at 11:48 pm