If you remember well, there was an email doing rounds about the weird and bizarre ‘tree man’ Dede from Indonesia who suffers from a rare condition of human Papiloma virus. This made him grow warts and his skin remained skin no more, but looked like the bark of trees. The poor chap in fact could not move around and nor could he wear clothes and take care of his personal needs.
An American doctor visited him and decided to put him on a strong dosage of Vitamin A and now he is gradually improving. A heartwarming story, I would like to express my admiration for that doctor who changed the life of this miserable man. It was not so simple though. He had to be put under chemotherapy and grueling surgery to treat the warts and also be given expensive Vitamin A doses. Dede is now a transformed man and to me, he represents hope, a hope that can be oppressive always. I quote my friend Grace who once said hope is the most oppressive and torturous condition ever. Well, I do agree with her completely but with Dede, his hopes in fact made him a stringer person and now he can continue to hope for more.
Unfortunately, hope isn’t always so promising, and most hopes are quashed by oppressive societies, politicians, religions and even science. I would not like to get depressed over the more sinister forces of the world for this moment, and I’d rather share Dede’s happiness and wish him luck. He, is slowly but steadily improving and the doctors hope he will soon be able to live a normal life.
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Via: TheSun
Tags: Dede, Dermatology, Diseases, Health, Human Papiloma Virus, Medicine, Vitamin A, Warts