Aya Hirano: “I Have a Brain Tumour”

It wasn't funny

no, it simply failed miserably at humor.

I don't get the "joke",but it must be a sick one

Actually, it's true, she has it, that alone explains her stupidity.

"Sometimes the tumour presses on my optic nerve and I go blind or stop being able to speak, but I’m OK! I’m used to it!"

While the blind part is an advanced condition (which will be permanent, and doesn't go on and off - there's no 'sometimes'), adenoma of the pituitary gland does not affect speech ability (suddenly can't talk -> no such thing).

She's lying.

Source: I'm a medical student.

@ShiraYuki619

Impossible - sick jokes: once past the dark humor, are at the very least amusing.

What a shocker.

But I'm still waiting for that: "I'm getting married" post to cause that mass panic.

Lol look at all these moral fags here complaining about a "sick" joke.

Nuke China? Is that not sick?

Delicious Flat Chest? Is that (implication) not sick?

Loli jokes? I mean really?

People giving out "Darwin Awards" for accidental deaths or suicides? Is that not sick?

The hypocrisy is overwhelming.

I find all the above rather funny as well but even I know they're questionable in taste.

Will not be shocked when Aya Hirano is found to = Liar.

@ Anon 20:36
You might be a medical student but don't know everything.
I have friends who suffer from migraine from time to time and they told me that when it's bad, they really can't see for some time and if they do, they have to shut in some dark room because they can't stand any sort of light because it's too painful. Not mention sounds.
It's possible.

@Rena:

The case with migraine is true, my friend suffers from the same and ends up skipping a whole bunch of classes. However, migraine is different from if tumours in brain. These two cases are unrelated.

what Anon 20:36 said is true though. You don't have to be a med student to know that the pituitary has absolutely nothing to do with speech. As for sight impairment, I can only imagine it'd be a rather seriously case in which the tumour is fairly big. On the other hand, I don't see how a tumour close to the pituitary would affect optical nerves. But I'm in medical physics, so I don't know that much.

Also, benign tumours should be removed if it's in the brain, my prof told us this yesterday.

Med students think they know everything... *sigh*

Pituitary tumour can result in impediment to speech development and pattern. In some rare cases it learns to an underdeveloped Wernicke's area which leads to on/off speech pathology.

Is Aya lying? I don't know. But what she said is physically possible.

boing : [http://www.ehow.com/how-does_5297695_pituitary-tumor-affect-speech.html]http://www.ehow.com/how-does_5297695_pituitary-tumor-affect-speech.html yes it effects speech.

from what i gather, vision loss is only permanent if it is CONSTANTLY pushing on the optic nerves or the nerves have been damaged. because its normal size doesn't do this, it isn't permanent

maybe the tumor swells a little with high blood pressure or elevated hormone levels, causing it to press against the nerve and causing temporary vision problems... this is just a guess though :/

seems Mr. Med student needs a new career choice XD

Since she's just that slight swelling away from going blind, she's not too far from being permanently blind then is she.

Nevertheless, my sympathy if it's not a lie.

I'm Anon 20:36,

@Rena, like what Anon 21:39 said, migraine is a different story from pituitary tumour.

@Everyone, I'm sorry if I sounded patronising by saying I'm medical student; just saying where my source is. I don't mean any air of arrogance. >.<"

@TenguSan, the link appears to be non-existent. But anyway, what I mean by not affecting speech ability, is that her speech area in the brain is not affected by it (in typical cases,of course). However, if the tumour is functioning, it'll affect body growth and that includes the tongue. So, indirectly, it does affect the way she speaks cos her tongue would be beefy (which doesn't seem to be the case).

She looks perfectly fine for someone who had pituitary tumour since middle school. Look at Andre the Giant and Big Show.

No matter how I look at it, she's lying. Like, really, man.

she has my sympathy if its not a lie, but i still believe whole heartedly she fucked up what she calls a career to the point that who cares if it messes with her voice.

llolololololol

"I'm a medical student therefore I know this." Right. My friend is a medical student and he doesn't know shit so I don't believe you even slightly. Medicine isn't just knowledge, it's also experience. Something a student has none of.

If you said you were a practicing neurologist I might believe you.

Also assuming there is a benign tumor putting some pressure on her pituitary that makes it far from 'mostly harmless'. Pretty sure a benign tumor can really fuck things up depending on where it is.

If she's lying than what the fuck.

from the way that the med students are saying things, it's almost as if orgams cant move slightly

That explains why her forehead is so big! DEKO DEKO DEKO

@anon20.36:
there's a flaw in your logic. as another anon said: "Pituitary tumour can result in impediment to speech development and pattern. In some rare cases it learns to an underdeveloped Wernicke's area which leads to on/off speech pathology."

Besides, even if that isn't the case in her situation, loss of speech can be a purely psychological reaction as well.

don't write it off as impossible just because it doesn't say anything about it in your textbook.

http://theedmontonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/my-hair-is-a-bird-argument-invalid-386x449.jpg

med students are cheating more now than the past, it's kinda like the old west when you'd call for a doctor and a man with a white coat and black bag would show up and say, "i'm a doctor,"

Well, as someone who suffers from chronic migraines, I can certainly vouch for losing sight sometimes. I also know of several other people who have the same issue. I've yet to hear of a migraine that makes people unable to talk. Certainly I've heard of ones that people won't talk, because noise fucking sucks, but not one that STOPS people from talking. Not saying it isn't possible, just saying thats seriously seriously unlikely. Either way, migraines suck, would not wish those on anyone.

I'm inclined to believe the otaku that masturbate to moe using their own tears as lube than the med student. Why? Because otaku know everything, just ask one, he'll tell you!

Fucking faggots that never defer to anyone.

Benign brain tumors can still kill. Trust me on this, I know someone who died from one. But if it is true, it might go a long way to explain her totally irrational behavior.

@20:36 Anon

I love 1st year med students. You guys always like to think you know everything.

And then you run into us residents during rounds and the look of fear in your eyes are priceless :)

Actually, it isn't really serious. Since it isn't malign, it has no real threat to life. It can be removed by simple Lazar surgery, which is pretty much guaranteed to be treated entirely. There is some possibility that the nasal bone might get altered which leads to voice change.

Though, I'm suspicious about her going blind and stuffs... nevertheless, it's huge timing miss for her.

@: http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/11/02/aya-hirano-i-have-a-brain-tumour/?cid=652229

Even weeaboos are mindless sheeps who follow what someone(in this case, artefact) says. It's sad, but it's very hard find a human who can think by your own.

To the news, all I can say is: Die monster, you don't belong in this world.

i say lets change the headline

Aya Hirano: "I Have no Brain"
that was a no-brainer lul

j/k thats a cute pic of her :)

@ddragoonss: the true mindless sheep here is you who follow her former fanbase in wishing death over her... people should be allowed to say and do whatever the fuck they want (within certain limitations of course.)

oh, and you do know that sheep is sheep in plural as well, right?

Stumbled on this article on the net and couldn't help but throw in a comment...

First of all, don't write off the medical students/doctors in terms of knowledge of advanced medicine. It is fair enough to question our diagnoses, but to completely state that we are wrong because a random questionable web-page say otherwise or because of something you've heard from a friend of a friend is on the verge of hypocricy. We are after all the experts in our field, just as you are in yours. Our knowledge is in this field composed of studies with up to thousands or hundreds of thousands of patients and the sum of all those states the normal symptoms of a syndrom/illness. Granted, there are some who have unlikely symptoms but as the saying goes, "when you hear the sound of hooves, dont assume its a zebra."

As for the statement of the Miss in question...it is highly unlikely that a pituitary gland tumor will affect the speech directly. It can however do it indirectly through for example the interference with the secretion of Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) and indirectly cause hypo- or hyperthyroidism, which then will effect the function of various brain-centres and, among others, have an effect on the speech...she doesn't look like such a patient though.

A pituitary tumor can also cause migraine, pressure symtoms (if big enough) and various endocrine dysfunctions as well, which can then affect the speech, but that is all the result of secondary or tertiary effects and definitely NOT a stand-alone symptom with only headaches and speech impairment.
A sewere migraine triggered by the tumor can temporarily affect some of the critical centers controlling speech, but again it is unlikely that it is a stand-alone symptom.

So is she telling the truth, lying or just suffering from a histrionic personality disorder...Too little information to give a correct diagnosis, but she is probably telling the truth about the tumor and then assumes that every other symptom she has is correlated to it.

Well god damn, Anon at 01:59 making sense

She probably is living a life without regrets?

If she is, then I'm glad someone is actually having fun fulfilling themselves.

That's because she doesn't have it.

She's had it since her childhood. Im sure she's had time to think about it.... and live with it.

My younger brother has had two cancerous tumors removed from his back from the time we were children. He's developed a terribly sick sense of humor about it.

We had an event like this:

My brother: "Hey, when I tap the cavity where my tumor was, it sounds like a drum! If I get a few more, I can be my own percussion orchestra!"

Me: "Shut the fuck up, man. Please..."

And then my mother started crying.

Oh christ, I should be shot for laughing this hard after reading that.

You're not the only one who should be shot for that.