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Oh, How Life Imitates Art...
So, yesterday I was watching this show on the Discovery Channel called Mystery Diagnosis. I’m usually not into this show, but this particular episode caught my interest. It featured this woman suffering from a disease called Morgellons Fiber Disease . What was interesting is I believe a recent movie was based off of this illness, a movie that scared the living daylights out of me. With this disease, the afflicted suffers from skin lesions with tiny fibers coming out of them. These tiny fibers are actually plant fibers that grow underneath the skin. Patients feel the sensation of bugs crawling on them or underneath their skin, which is one of the side effects of this disease. Now, this movie, The Ruins, features young adults on a vacation to Mexico, who travel some ancient ruins where this evolved species of plant imbeds itself under their skin and turns them into a plant from the inside out. I know, it sounds cheesy and corny, but sitting in that theater seat sure made it seem real. I’ve always wanted to visit someplace like that, but after seeing that movie, it ain’t happening. Now, I learn that there is actually a disease where plants grow under the skin!!! I’m getting creeped out just writing this blog!!!
