Wesley Warren Jr, famed for ‘freak‘ 45kg ■■■■■■■, dies after long battle with health problems
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March 16, 201412:19AM
Massive enlargement... Wesley Warren Jr before his operation.Source: Supplied
A LAS VEGAS man, who shot to worldwide attention last year because of his 45kg ■■■■■■■, has died.
Wesley Warren Jr, 49, reportedly died after suffering two heart attacks when he was hospitalised because of complications from diabetes.
Warren grew famous after a publicity campaign to raise money to get surgery on his enlarged ■■■■■■■, the result of a condition known as scrotal elephantiasis.
He went on the radio show of US shock jock Howard Stern to draw attention to his plight — he needed to raise $US1 million to pay for surgery.
“I don‘t like being a freak, who would?†he told the Las Vegas Review-Journal at the time. “But I figured that the Stern show is listened to by millions of people and they might want to help me. I hope some millionaire or billionaire will want to help me.â€
Going public led to surgery last year which corrected his condition.
His friend Joey Hurtado, who shared an apartment with Warren, told the Review-Journal the surgery played no role in his death.
Notorious... Warren said he hated being “a freak†but said he needed the publicity to pay for surgery.Source: Supplied
Mr Hurtado told the paper Warren had battled for a long time with health problems related to his obesity.
Mr Hurtado said: “I kept trying to get him to lose weight so he‘d be healthier. He‘d get depressed sometimes that he wasn‘t healthier than he was.â€
Scrotal elephantiasis is rarely seen outside of the tropical areas of Africa and Asia and is usually caused by a mosquito-spread parasitic infection.
Warren had never travelled to tropical areas and believed the condition was down to an accident in 2008, when he caught his testicles with his leg while twisting in bed. The next day Mr Warren said his ■■■■■■■ had grown to “the size of a soccer ballâ€.
After a British company made a documentary about his condition and the subsequent operation — shown in Australia under the title of “The Man With The Biggest Testicles†— and after a host of TV appearances, Warren was accused by some of being hungry for fame.
The suggestion angered him.
“Who would want to live like this?†he countered.
Man with a giant-size problem
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<div>Tyrone Bowd with his mum Tanya Bowd at their property at Willowbank, near Ipswich in Queensland.</div>
Mar 30, 2014 10:20AM<p>TYRONE Bowd carries a burden no young man should.</p>
His condition, scrotal lymphoedema, makes his ■■■■■■■ swell, growing bigger than a watermelon and reaching his knees.
This puts his life at risk with infections that make his temperature soar, his heart race and his body turn septic.
And it seems to be a medical curiosity in this country, putting him beyond the expertise of 100 Australian doctors.
An Ipswich Hospital urologist told Ms Bowd she would be signing her son‘s life away by attempting reconstructive surgery here.
It was a revelation for Ms Bowd was finding the story of Wesley Warren Jr, the US man whose self-described ordeal as “a living freak show†was detailed in the UK Channel 4 documentary The Man with the 10 Stone Testicles.
Ms Bowd contacted Dr Joel Gelman, the US surgeon who successfully operated on Warren, and now has a potential lifeline for Tyrone.
If afflicted with this condition you'd have to put a lot of thought into how you'd go about it because in certain positions, you could realistically catapult your partner across the house.
If afflicted with this condition you'd have to put a lot of thought into how you'd go about it because in certain positions, you could realistically catapult your partner across the house.
If afflicted with this condition you'd have to put a lot of thought into how you'd go about it because in certain positions, you could realistically catapult your partner across the house.
Really. If you keep it to basic ball room dancing and none of the fancy Paul Mecurio stuff I'd think you'd keep the risk reasonably low.
RIP to the big balled fella. I did feel sorry for him. I was also a fan of how he dressed his balls. The hoody look worked well.
