On Channel 4 now- "Elephant man" (9pm 07/04)

[neelu]

Subhanallah are any of you watching this?:shock:

[Omar Mukhtar]

saw the ad for it, why did the idiots call him elephant man, he's a human being.

I Am the Elephant Man: A Bodyshock Special Following 31-year-old neurofibromatosis sufferer Huang Chuncai as he prepares to undergo high-risk surgery on the 20kg tumours that threaten his life. Confined to his rural Chinese village since childhood by the growths that now make up half his weight, Huang has resolved to take action before it's too late

[adil786]

yep! i caught a few glimpses..... :eek::eek::eek:

[Dappodan1]

saw the ad for it, why did the idiots call him elephant man, he's a human being.

thats because he has the same medical condition as John Merrick Aka the Elephant man.

Watching this reminds me of Prophet Job Ayuubs patience /sabr

[neelu]

Just when I thought my life was hard... I watched this and had to remember to count my blessings:rubeyes:

[Morris]

Just when I thought my life was hard... I watched this and had to remember to count my blessings:rubeyes:

Yep me too, I caught some. Makes you think when you complain about your own life what this bloke has to put up with and yet he kept trying his best.

[muslimma]

my first raction when i saw him was 'omg :rubeyes: we are so ungrateful for how we look.!!!!!!!!! we get a little spot here and ther an were like :crying: how ugly do i look man i can ever look in the mirror again!!!!!

lolz ok slight exaggeration but you get me...:o

[salsabeela]

when a tear came out his eye i felt soooooooo sorry for him :(

[Phoenix CG]

I was hoping theyd do the whole operation...they removed 5kg of it, but didnt do the left side. The chinese surgeons seemed a bit botch job to me, just seemed well unorganised.

[sunrise]

Just when I thought my life was hard... I watched this and had to remember to count my blessings:rubeyes:


exactly! subhanaAllah how ungreatful we are... we are so blessed in everyway

TabarakAllah!

[ugh]

my first raction when i saw him was 'omg :rubeyes: we are so ungrateful for how we look.!!!!!!!!! we get a little spot here and ther an were like :crying: how ugly do i look man i can ever look in the mirror again!!!!!

lolz ok slight exaggeration but you get me...:o


I'm guilty of this, poor man, does anyone know what the outcome was? Is his life better/easier after the operation?

[muslimma]

I'm guilty of this, poor man, does anyone know what the outcome was? Is his life better/easier after the operation?

im sure your not alone sis...

i dont know what happened though i only saw the trailers..

[Salman Al-Farsi]

Can someone plz explain exactly what his problem was/is?

[ugh]

search for his picture brother, facial tumour, how can a person live like that? i've seen ppl with facial disfigurements but nothing like that, how he must've been taunted as a child

[muslimma]

Can someone plz explain exactly what his problem was/is?

he had tumor on his face which means that it makes the body parts expand at it was on one side of his face...:S

So all his face was drooping really badly on one side....astegferullah..:(

he could literally carry it in his hand....

pic attached below *WARNING: not for the faint hearted*

[sunrise]

he had tumor on his face which means that it makes the body parts expand at it was on one side of his face...:S

So all his face was drooping really badly on one side....astegferullah..:(

he could literally carry it in his hand....



yeah it was a really big tumor... he had it since he was 4 years old.. his parents cldnt afford surgery when it started to develop and grow so it grew and grew

[muslimma]

yeah it was a really big tumor... he had it since he was 4 years old.. his parents cldnt afford surgery when it started to develop and grow so it grew and grew

since he was Four :S :S

[sunrise]

since he was Four :S :S


yes:( subhanAllah

he's so sweet, he said all i want to do is work and provide for my family:(

cause in the chinese culture the duty of looking after eldery parents falls on the eldest son.. which he is

[muslimma]

yes:( subhanAllah

he's so sweet, he said all i want to do is work and provide for my family:(

cause in the chinese culture the duty of looking after eldery parents falls on the eldest son.. which he is

Wot wrk did he do then?

[sunrise]

Wot wrk did he do then?


he didn't/ couldn't work at all...

it was physically not possible, also even when he went to school people used to tease him so he left :(:(

basically he was hoping that if the operation was a success he could atleast get some sort of a job to support his mum and dad

his mum was forever crying subhanAllah may Allah swt give them sabr... she was always sad... and his dad said 'since he got the tumor i've been sad every day'

[muslimma]

he didn't/ couldn't work at all...

it was physically not possible, also even when he went to school people used to tease him so he left :(:(

basically he was hoping that if the operation was a success he could atleast get some sort of a job to support his mum and dad

his mum was forever crying subhanAllah may Allah swt give them sabr... she was always sad... and his dad said 'since he got the tumor i've been sad every day'

:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(

man we are sooo ungrateful....

so if he didnt work and that did he manage to go through with the surgery..sorry but i didnt watch it...:p

[sunrise]

:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(

man we are sooo ungrateful....

so if he didnt work and that did he manage to go through with the surgery..sorry but i didnt watch it...:p


lol surgeons offered to do it for free, after word spread of his condition:up:

but, and i think someone said it already the surgeons looked and sounded soo unprofessional like they didn't know what they were doing

doctors were saying ' is that the vein?' 'what are we doing, how are we doing this'? ' is that the tumor?'

it's like :rubeyes: aren't you surgeons?

[muslimma]

lol surgeons offered to do it for free, after word spread of his condition:up:

but, and i think someone said it already the surgeons looked and sounded soo unprofessional like they didn't know what they were doing

doctors were saying ' is that the vein?' 'what are we doing, how are we doing this'? ' is that the tumor?'

it's like :rubeyes: aren't you surgeons?

dont lie!!!!!!!!!! :rubeyes:

thats atrocious!!!!!!!!!

nauzbillah...:nono:

wot a joke..

did they do it free cos they wer students and hey thought it would be good to practice on it or summit???????? :mad:

[sunrise]

dont lie!!!!!!!!!! :rubeyes:

thats atrocious!!!!!!!!!

nauzbillah...:nono:

wot a joke..

did they do it free cos they wer students and hey thought it would be good to practice on it or summit???????? :mad:


nah they weren't students

but because his condition was so rare they had never operated on such a severe case

[muslimma]

nah they weren't students

but because his condition was so rare they had never operated on such a severe case

so was it successful? :(

did they manage do get rid of it?

the risk with tumors as well is that they can come back enit?

[sunrise]

so was it successful? :(

did they manage do get rid of it?

the risk with tumors as well is that they can come back enit?



Allah hu a3lam they only showed the surgery

cause although they removed most of the tumor he was gonna need a series of follow up plastic surgery... inshAllah it went all well and he is better now inshAllah

[muslimma]

Allah hu a3lam they only showed the surgery

cause although they removed most of the tumor he was gonna need a series of follow up plastic surgery... inshAllah it went all well and he is better now inshAllah

enshalah :love:

may allah swt protect us all from such diseases ameen :love:

[Islamisthebest]

hmm, did anyone see this other programme a few weeks ago, it was on channel ITv or chennel 4 i think and it was the man with no face, I had tears in my eyes because i think i look bad but im assuming we all feel ungrateful for all the blessing Allah has given us, such as good health, 2 arms, legs, eyes... didnt see really see the ending of it because my dad made me change the channel. he doesnt watch stuff like that whilst i do as it reminds me how grateful we should be

[muslimma]

hmm, did anyone see this other programme a few weeks ago, it was on channel ITv or chennel 4 i think and it was the man with no face, I had tears in my eyes because i think i look bad but im assuming we all feel ungrateful for all the blessing Allah has given us, such as good health, 2 arms, legs, eyes... didnt see really see the ending of it because my dad made me change the channel. he doesnt watch stuff like that whilst i do as it reminds me how grateful we should be

i heard about this bit i didn't watch it

[neelu]

I was hoping theyd do the whole operation...they removed 5kg of it, but didnt do the left side. The chinese surgeons seemed a bit botch job to me, just seemed well unorganised.

Actually it's not that unusual to leave part of the tumour behind because it had so many veins and vessels attached to his brain that removing the rest of it would've been too risky and would've led to either dying from too much blood loss or cutting the blood supply to his eye/ear/part of his brain which would've made him even more disabled than he already was. They agreed that he would need further surgery at a later date to remove what was left and Huang also said that he felt better since the surgery so removing the 5kg tumour did help.

[Phoenix CG]

Actually it's not that unusual to leave part of the tumour behind because it had so many veins and vessels attached to his brain that removing the rest of it would've been too risky and would've led to either dying from too much blood loss or cutting the blood supply to his eye/ear/part of his brain which would've made him even more disabled than he already was. They agreed that he would need further surgery at a later date to remove what was left and Huang also said that he felt better since the surgery so removing the 5kg tumour did help.

nah i know that, but am talking from the show point of view, i seen similar shows and they will wait for those months till next op, so we see start to finish...its just nicer innit, everyone loves a happy ending.

[Irfan GBH]

The original Elephant man was from Lesta, he used to live at the site my school was built on!

[Rushna]

i SAW IT A FEW YEARS AGO IT MADE ME FEEL DARK.:(