tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37536546.post1969726790705088043..comments2009-03-04T12:34:38.355-05:00Lymphopohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15554015212661098023noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37536546.post-19162258797202315882009-03-04T12:34:00.000-05:002009-03-04T12:34:00.000-05:00The term spider is sometimes used to describe how certain tumors grow ... and perhaps this gave rise to the urban legend ... then again ... perhaps it was an overly active imagination.ssullivan8http://www.blogger.com/profile/10259647128409053223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37536546.post-68080526735353556382007-10-23T13:37:00.000-04:002007-10-23T13:37:00.000-04:00That would have to be the most disgusting good news to receive from your doctor: "Good news! It isn't a tumor after all, it's just a spider infestation!"<BR/><BR/>"THANK GOD! I am so relieved! Now excuse me while I vomit."<BR/><BR/>Looks like it is just an <A HREF="http://www.snopes.com/horrors/insects/spiderbite.asp" REL="nofollow">urban legend</A> (as far as spiders are concerned). Unfortunately, there do appear to be some just as disgusting cases of <A HREF="http://www.snopes.com/horrors/insects/wormeye.asp" REL="nofollow">insects nesting in people</A>.<BR/><BR/>EWWWWW!sumohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04148749221844267826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37536546.post-48056132311975828852007-10-23T11:18:00.000-04:002007-10-23T11:18:00.000-04:00<I>Gaaaah!</I> So is that better than cancer or worse than cancer? I'm of a torn mind, myself.Lymphopohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15554015212661098023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37536546.post-45419528018148212552007-10-23T09:55:00.000-04:002007-10-23T09:55:00.000-04:00Ooh, I think this has something to do with an urban legend I've heard wherein someone had a growing bump on their skin, and thought it was a tumor. It turned out that a spider had laid eggs under the person's skin, and they grew and grew and eventually hatched, then the spiders had to eat their way out!funambulatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00164169764719744023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37536546.post-86023815817458226922007-10-23T09:02:00.000-04:002007-10-23T09:02:00.000-04:00I just tried it out, and of course you are now the top 1 and 2 hits for the spider search. As a vet who lives with quite a few house spiders (they are never dangerous in the UK) I see both spiders and tumours quite often, but I have never linked the two in my mind before (or seen a spider with a tumour). I would love to know what these people are thinking, or what, perhaps, mind-altering chemicals they have been trying.Alisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17899503081561929657noreply@blogger.com