Dr. Oz Teaches Fussy Things She Never Wanted To Know

Well, Hi there, you supa-fab Friend of Fussypants. I'm so happy to see ya today. You are lookin' lovely as usual.

You know that I strive to serve up good stuff everyday for ya. I'm not sure if this one will be appreciated or not. ~crosses fingers~ Here goes...

I love it when Dr. Oz visits 'The-Oprah' to answer questions! This segment shall be known as the 'things I did not know I wanted to know' edition.

Welcome back, Dr. Ozzie. You look so calm. I wonder if you will get excited and let your crazy eyebrows take over this week?

Let's start with this viewer email from Anonymous. Better be anonymous!

Where do I begin? I am rendered speechless. Good thing Dr. Oz had some handy video of what pinworms look like on a colon. Please excuse me while I go find the pepto.

Boy, these pictures are terrible. Maybe if I had a fancy plasma TV & a fancy new camera....Do you hear me fancy electronics companies? I'll do a review. Ten, maybe twenty people, will read it! C'mon, just a thought.

Dr. Oz was so excited to describe how common and prevalent worms are that his scary eyebrows took over. Yay, I love it when that happens!

Much to my horror, Dr. Oz said that 20% of American children have pinworms. It is so nightmarishly scary that I'll spare you the details. However, if your kiddo gets an itchy bottom at night every 3 or 4 weeks, read this. ~bleech~

Tapeworms grow to be 30 feet long and live for 20 years. The main symptom of having a tapeworm? Extreme weight loss.

Extreme weight loss isn't so bad. Tiddley seems harmless enough.

(photo from kisreal.com)

Too bad they have been eliminated in most western countries. I'm kidding, I don't really want to have a tapeworm.

Ok, maybe not. Who wants to split a cheesecake or 5?

I have nothing of value in showing the above scene, just sheer shock at the brilliant Dr. Oz's choice of words.

The Oprah has taught Dr. Oz, the Vice-Chair and Professor of Surgery at Columbia University, who directs the Cardiovascular Institute and Complementary Medicine Program at New York Presbyterian Hospital, to use the term "va-jay-jay". Poor Ozzie mispronounced it. He said, "Va-ga-ga." Big O had to step in and say, "It's Va-jay-jay, Dr. Oz."  The Queen of Shake-Shake must be so proud.

So there ya go, everything you ever wanted to know about worms, but were too horrified to ask.

Love, Fussy

ps.- anyone know where to get a neatly packages germfree tapeworm? ;)

Comments

[Philly]

Ewwwww !!! But could you imagine being able to eat 5 cheesecakes ?? Oh the Joy of it!!!

[Beth]

and then the mothers go out of your anus at night when you're sleeping

This seriously sounds like a line straight out of South Park.

I'm truly horrified!

[Sadie]

That is all very disturbing...not the worms...everything else. The Va-jay-jay...Oprah herself is disturbing. Oy. The horror.

[Devilish Southern Belle]

Extreme weight loss? And I never have to see it or know it's there? Where do I find one of these wonderful...animals? Bugs?

Desperate times call for desperate measures!

[Karen]

I have a bottle of worm medicine for the dogs and was reading the instructions. It's actually for people, and I was horrified to think that people may need it. Truly gross. But I'm with you on the "could be worth it to lose a few pounds."

[Summer]

Ummmm, blech!

[Kelly in Colorado]

Sigh... my mil sent me a book written by Dr. Oz for Christmas. It is on the shelf along with all of the other such books she's bought me over the years. Kicker? She also sent me a 4 lb. box of chocolates.

I've recently discovered a show on the BBC channel called, "You are what you Eat." I love it!!! They talk about healthy poo and everything they say sounds funny.

You crack me up.

[Amanda]

If there is anything that really makes me sick and afraid..it's the worm...

[Nic]

So that would mean dieting while eating wonderful pastries? Hmm... I don't think the tapeworm creeped me out enough to think that that isn't a bad idea.

[Jennifer]

Well I'm sure sorry I missed THAT episode! Thanks for the update here, though!

[Karla ~ Looking Towards Heaven]

I agree with Nic.

Although the first part of your post brought back horrible flashbacks of this past summer... (TWICE...) GAG!

Blessings,
K

[Autumn Dahlia]

Choking.... down.... vomit......

[Andrea]

This made my butt itch! Disgusting and fascinating. Fussy, thank you for the public service announcement! You rock.

[amy]

Oh dear God. Horrifying. Ack! It may have ruined my Starbucks Lemon Loaf breakfast...

[Kim]

Your blog never fails to deliver!!! I never walk away from your blog without learning something new.. Tiddly will be burned into my memory forever. LOL

[krissy]

That made me want to hurl and laugh hysterically all at the same time, which caused me to have the hiccups!

Very funny Fussy! I want to lose weight but the horror of a momma worm playing peek-a-boo out of my poop hole is to much. I think I'll stick to Yoga Booty Ballet!

BTW...do you mind if I put a link to your blog on mine. I have had a few visitors recently and hope to have more. Check out my blog first and see if it is suitable to have your link there.

You are my bloggy idol!

[Ivy]

Okay, I nearly wet my pants laughing at this! A tapeworm sounds fanulous, where can I get one? ;)

[Anglophile Football Fanatic]

EWW! That's so disgusting. I can't imagine. And, the fact that they can live through stomach acid? EGADS. The weight loss thing would be a plus, of course, but not enough to really want one.

[Redneck Mommy]

Apparently you never read my blog post about this:

http://theredneckmommy.com/2007/01/08/parenting-aint-pretty/

True story.

Welcome to my world.

[Sarah]

Added to the list of things that I pray about:
Please God, do not let my kids get a tape worm. I cannot cope.

[Cheri]

Oh, Mrs. Fussypants...that was hysterical!!! Gross....really gross, but I cannot stop laughing or gagging!

By the way, I did not get to read my blogs in December very much...did you move? Sell your house?

[Christine]

And why did the person care if their poop was S-shaped in the first place???

[justmylife]

I MUST remember to never visit you while eating. Today WAS angel hair pasta with cream sauce, now it is looking a lot like one of your pictures of worms! Can I just say....GROSS!

[Heather]

I'm glad a read this post before I had my lunch. A nice little boost to my diet.

[Dawn]

My brother used to get em - I remember my step mom having him go in the dark bathroom with a flashlight so she could look.

Which is total proof that karma exists :)

[Beck]

Here's something I know - if you have a cat or dog that goes outside, your children are pretty much 100% likely to have pinworms. Sleep tight!

[ali]

i cannot believe i missed a show on parasites. why, oh, why do i have a daytime job??!?!

[amy p]

Oh funny! Disgusting but funny!

[cate]

i'm horrified....horrified, but oddly intrigued...i just couldn't stop reading and looking at the pictures!

btw...am i the only one who didn't know we were supposed to keep track of the shape of our BMs???? ;-)

[Dawn]

Ick. It makes me feel itchy just reading it...kind of like when people start talking about lice and your head starts itching. Hey, do you know you have mites that live on and eat the dust off of your eyelashes?
Dawn

[nancypants]

Oh! Yucko. And that You are What you Eat show that another commenter talked about. BLARGH!! Can't watch them sift through people's exceedingly large piles of poo. And then you have to listen to them say, "Your poo smells foul. That's just not right. It shouldn't smell that foul." C'mon people! I don't care if all you ever eat are lima beans and groats, it's POO. It's going to smell like POO.

Thanks for letting me get that off my chest. Now I am going to run far far away from your blog and not come back until tomorrow because ewwwwww!!!

[Heather]

EWWWWWW!

[Carrie]

That is so much better than actually wasting a whole hour to watch Oprah!

[Marlee]

OMG, I am so glad I only heard him on the RADIO yesterday where HE COULD NOT USE ANY VISUAL AIDS!!! ;)

[Michele]

You are a sick, sick woman. And I say that with a lot of love, because my God - the work that went into this entry. Ew. ewewewew.

[Army Wife]

New to your site and have enjoyed reading your archives. But after this post I'm having second thoughts about returning. Just kidding :) That was really gross though!

[Kim]

Oh the stories I could tell about parasites from living in Brazil. Suffice it to say they have entire labs dedicated to testing for one thing - WORMS! It wasn't pretty!

[Suzanne]

And that, my wonderful Fussy, is why I don't watch O. Then again, if someone would net it down to a humorous bloggy recap each day, I'd catch up on Oprah more often.

BTW, keep the tag in your arsenal for a day you don't have anything else-just know I'll be watching for it! ;)

[Tonya]

So I'm not the only one who likes to watch TV with the captions on? I love it! It can be better than the show itself. Martha Stewart is a prime example, by the way. You'll have to try it out.
Amy, did you actually use the word "loaf" in a posting about poop? Too perfect.

[~JJ!]

Holy Wormy Crap Batman.

That is disturbing.

Thank you.

You know I love that.

[Suburban Oblivion]

I love you. I love Dr. Oz, but I totally love you more. LOL.

[Domestic Chicky]

Gah! The mind reels (along with the stomach) at all the potential drawbacks...but 5 cheesecakes? Can I throw in a tirimisu???

[Queen of Shake Shake]

Now dern it! See, this is how my new job gets in the way. I miss hilarious things like this for days!

Ack!

I'm so glad Oprah straightened Dr. Oz out with that mis pronunciation.

Pinworms....I'm afraid to click.

Tapeworms..better watch it, it'll be the new diet craze.

thanks for the linky love!

[Steph]

My husband and I adopted a baby from Guatemala last year. After we'd been home a few months, one day I went to the restroom and I looked down (I don't normally inspect my business, but that day I did for some reason) and I saw a worm. Big, white, fat worm. Dead - thank you Jesus - or I'd have keeled over dead myself. But it was HORRIFYING. Thought I'd share. ;-)

[Rea May]

I truly do not mean to horrify anyone, but I have pinworms and have had them since I was a child. So I am quite assured that it does originate mainly in childhood. Seeing as they are often out of doors and putting anything in their mouth. I was afraid that I may have gotten it from a dog, and I was terrified to touch them for years. It is NOT a pleasant thing, and you do lose a LOT of sleep. And as for the extreme weight loss, it is very true, although if you have extreme cases of obesity, I might recommend it. I am 18 and I weigh just under 100 lbs. I am 5'5" tall and I am a size 1-3. I am almost afraid for my life, because of how fast I lose weight and can't seem to keep it on. I though maybe I was subconciously an anorexic, but I read on an old add for weight loss that they ACTUALLY gave ppl worms to ingest, and help with weight loss. So I turned to finding out if I might have unintentionally taken that 'treatment' as a child. And found I had. I am releived to find there are no life threatening issues. If you do want a quick way to lose weight, be my guest, but dont expect to sleep. The only bad side effect I can name is the continued lack of appetite and loss of weight. I am currently underweight, by about 30+ lbs. The most I have ever gotten my weight up to is 116 lbs. and that was when i was 16. This is a very serious issue, as quoted from before: Over 20% of american children have pinworms.

[Heidi]

Yah, Rea May. Sure. Anyway, I hope people reading this blog realize that two worms are mentioned here. Don't get them mixed up. There are Pinworms and there are Tapeworms. It is the latter (the last one mentioned) that causes weight loss. Pin worms do NOT.

[Sandor]

You think that maybe Rea May has both then? She's so gross....

[Liz]

I'm afraid that I might have pinworms, hookworms or tapeworm. I'm 12 right now and I haven't told my parents yet. I found a worm in the toilet when I went and I'm really scared. I'm trying to find out what to do! It's disgusting and I hope that I don't have it.

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