Damn! Sad Life Story..........

**HS Cult Leader** · 01-15-2013, 11:25 AM

While looking at a news story, this story was linked on the page, so I clicked:

Woman with one of the world's worst cases of gigantism dies suddenly aged 34 after growing to nearly 7ft and 400lbs

Tanya Angus, from Las Vegas, suffered rare pituitary disorder acromegaly
She was just 5ft 8in and 130lbs at the age of 21 before her diagnosis
A message on her website reads: 'It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing on of our beloved Tanya Angus at 12.25 am January 14, 2013, due to her heart and TIA. RIP dear one'

By Louise Boyle

PUBLISHED: 19:48 GMT, 14 January 2013

A woman who suffered from a rare condition which made her grow into a 6ft 11ins giant has died suddenly at the age of 34.
Tanya Angus, from Las Vegas, spent the last 12 years trying to find a cure for her acromegaly, which meant she couldn't stop growing.
Until the age of 21, Tanya was just 5ft 8ins tall and weighed 130lbs. She rode horses, went dancing and had a boyfriend.

But a tumour became wrapped around her pituitary gland, causing massive amounts of growth hormone to be released into her body.
Tanya, who became wheelchair-bound, had the most extreme form of acromegaly ever seen, growing to nearly 7ft tall, and more than 400lbs.
Ms Angus, who had been working as a supervisor at a Walmart in Michigan, was fired from her post when her condition worsened, and was dumped by her boyfriend when his parents questioned whether she was a man.

Rare disorder: Tanya Angus was a slender 5ft 8 and 130lbs as a teenager, pictured here in 1995 (left). By 2010 (right), she was 6ft 6in and more than 400lbs. She died suddenly today at the age of 34

Struggle: Miss Angus has died at the age of 34 after her heart failed due to her extreme size

Change: Photographs of Ms Angus ages 17 (left) and 31 (right) reveal how acromegaly has affected her face

Healthier times: Before her acromegaly diagnosis, Ms Angus was a keen horserider

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...st_read_module

**chuk** · 01-15-2013, 11:27 AM

Yawn

**openmike11** · 01-15-2013, 11:51 AM

thats sad.

**MutteringJohn** · 01-15-2013, 11:59 AM

Damn, and the Lakers were just looking to sign her to replace that stiff Dwight Howard.

**Kool** · 01-15-2013, 12:01 PM

could've been a nice wackpacker.

**bucketbuddy** · 01-15-2013, 12:37 PM

**Mister Joshua** · 01-15-2013, 12:40 PM

I saw a TV special about her. She was pretty hot before she got the disease.

**Nibbler** · 01-15-2013, 12:43 PM

Whatever happened to the guy with the gigantism testicles?

**FlaFlaFlunkie** · 01-15-2013, 01:11 PM

That's so sad.

And it's so shitty that her boyfriend didn't stand by her just because his parents didn't find her pretty anymore.

**tHISisKiSSeL** · 01-15-2013, 01:15 PM

what would happen if a midget got gigantism?

**Lou Skunt** · 01-15-2013, 01:19 PM

Originally Posted by tHISisKiSSeL

what would happen if a midget got gigantism?

Good question. I think it would still be safe to throw rocks at it and kill it with fire if it was named Eric The Midget.

**DogStar69** · 01-15-2013, 02:11 PM

That sucks, I didn't know it could just happen after you were born normal and were a normal teenager, I always thought giants has some kind of genetic disorder.