Dan Vergin has two discs in his spine that look more like deflated inner tubes than the plush, spongy cushions seen in anatomy books.

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Dr Richard Edwards, 55, who received his new body parts in an 18-hour operation, said he felt 'fantastic' after the operation.

An Oklahoma man, the recipient of the nation's third double hand transplant.. is speaking out about his ordeal. Surgeons at Jewish Hospital in Louisville performed the operation last week.

MONMOUTH —On Thursday, I lay down on the chiropractic table in the back room of Monmouth Chiropractic. Chiropractor Alan Phillips adjusted my back. "Have you ever been in an accident or experienced back pain," he asked. "No," I said. He used an electrical massager to loosen my shoulders and back. He followed my spinal column searching for irregularities. He popped my shoulder and rotated my back.

Double hand-transplant patient shows he can curl his fingers, make a fist