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Brutuskend

Lifer
Apr 2, 2001
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I have what is called Geminization in my eye teeth.
Basicaly it's when one tooth tries to grow into Two teeth.
I guess it's fairly rare...I thought the Dr.s on Boot Camp were gonna pull them for sure.
Squid Dentist "Hey you guys...COME HERE AND LOOK AT THIS..A perfict example of Geminization"

Me with mouth jacked open 8 inches "UNNHGHGHG"
 

Legendary

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Jan 22, 2002
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My head is consistently tilted to the left but I never notice.
Birth defect or just weirdness? I don't know.
 

vi edit

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Oct 28, 1999
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Squid Dentist "Hey you guys...COME HERE AND LOOK AT THIS..A perfict example of Geminization"

Heh. Sort of how I found out about my kidney.

I go in for some tests and Xrays.
I go into room and wait for doctor to come in.
I'm sitting in room and hear a doctor outside the door say to another doctor "Check this out, here's some bizzare Xrays".
I gulp, cross my fingers, and pray he's not talking about me.
Doctor knocks, comes in, sits down, and says, "We have to talk"

:eek:
 

Vic

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Jun 12, 2001
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My kneecaps are funked up. When I sit down and bend my knees, my kneecaps are on top facing up instead of on the bottom facing out.
Combine that with years of street skateboarding, basketball, and cross-country running, and yeah, I try not to creak too much when I walk...
 

DaveJ

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Oct 9, 1999
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My head is consistently tilted to the left but I never notice.

Same here, but mine is due to having cryosurgery done when I was two to save my eyesight... It drives photographers nuts...

"Keep your head straight!"
"It IS straight!"

:D

Dave
 

AreaCode707

Lifer
Sep 21, 2001
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Originally posted by: LordMaul
Size 18 shoe.

That and that lovely serial killer look on the one photo you've released to AT. :)

I don't know if genetic diseases count as birth defects... rheumatoid arthritis.
 

ScottyB

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The brains of the earth are coming to get us. They are the all-knowing, the fire that breathes life into the eyes of the ignorant. I don?t know how long I can last but I will try to remain sane. The birth of the black horse will be the sign of apocalypse. Don?t let the monkey man trick you, for he will try. The donkey will know what to do. The speaking birds talk lies; don?t listen to them. I will try to fight the evil but I will need help. Wait for the three knocks on the door of life. The brains will try to enter but they don?t have the key. They will ask for the key, but you shouldn?t it them to them. If they don?t have the key we can delay them. The eye of the snake is behind you, but don't look. Safety, safety is the only thing we can hope for.
 

Brutuskend

Lifer
Apr 2, 2001
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Originally posted by: ScottyB
The brains of the earth are coming to get us. They are the all-knowing, the fire that breathes life into the eyes of the ignorant. I don?t know how long I can last but I will try to remain sane. The birth of the black horse will be the sign of apocalypse. Don?t let the monkey man trick you, for he will try. The donkey will know what to do. The speaking birds talk lies; don?t listen to them. I will try to fight the evil but I will need help. Wait for the three knocks on the door of life. The brains will try to enter but they don?t have the key. They will ask for the key, but you shouldn?t it them to them. If they don?t have the key we can delay them. The eye of the snake is behind you, but don't look. Safety, safety is the only thing we can hope for.

Uhhh OK...

Now I AM confused.
 

Nemesis77

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Jun 21, 2001
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A split upper lip (or whatever you call 'em). My mom fell down when expecting me, that's how I got it. I had one surgery when I was little, then other one when I was about 5-6 years old. it's almost normal now, but you can still see it, and I have few scars on my lip.
 

Ulfwald

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May 27, 2000
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Where to start?


Severely clubbed feet, so bad that I did not really learn to walk until I was 7, mainly because of all the operations and casts I had on my feet.


Extremely high IQ, but I am so ADHD, that I can never really use it to it's greatest potential.


 

SerraYX

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Jan 8, 2001
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Originally posted by: illusion88
my pointer fingers bend towards all my other fingers!

Yeah, my index and middle finger curve outward towards my ring finger and pinky.
 

Booster

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share your birth defects

To tell the truth, I got numerous defects, but after considerable deliberation and forethought, I seem to be reluctant to share any of them.