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Skud_NZ t1_ix4r7sd wrote

Reply to comment by Waydarer in Lung infections caused by soil fungi are a problem nationwide by preppythugg

I heard a story about a guy who had been feeling like crap for a while. eventually started coughing blood. Doctors found a tumor and did a biopsy and found a fir tree seed had germinated in his lung. He was a botanist and made a full recovery

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Waydarer t1_ix54ych wrote

This could be it.

I totally have a cactus in my chest right now.

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scootunit t1_ix5lenm wrote

Realistically that's probably unrequited love festering.

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Lovat69 t1_ix61pos wrote

A fir tree was literally growing in his lung? Yikes. I didn't realize trees were carnivorous.

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