Woman who spent £13,000 to have her ribs removed says people keep asking if she is ‘going to eat them’
A woman who had six of her ribs removed has got plans for what to do with them, and it's not what people keep asking her.
Emily James lives in Kansas City, US which you'd think would be based in Kansas but is actually just across the state border in Missouri, even though it has a suburb called Kansas City which actually is in Kansas.
However, we're not here to talk about where she lives but what she's going to do with her ribs.
The 27-year-old went in for some cosmetic surgery costing $17,000 (£13,568) so she could have a smaller waist and also got a breast augmentation done.
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After the surgery, they let her keep her own ribs and people have had all sorts of suggestions as to what she ought to do with them.
Some people have suggested she make adult toys out of the bones, while others have asked if she'd consider resorting to cannibalism and eating her own spare ribs.
Emily was originally planning on gifting the ribs to a friend, but has instead come up with another idea of what to do with the extra bits of ribcage she no longer needs.
"I plan on having someone make a crown out of them. "They let me keep the ribs and I was initially going to gift them to my best friend," she said of her big idea of what to do with the surgically removed bones. She also shot down the suggestions that she engage in cannibalism with her own removed body parts.
"I plan on making them into a crown. I’ve had people say they would make them into a chew toy or boil them down into broth." she said.
"Personally, I think my meat would taste delicious. Eating human meat can cause a plethora of disorders that are fatal. So, I will not be partaking in cannibalism thank you."
It turns out you can't just get six of your ribs (three from each side, naturally) removed without some discomfort, as Emily has had to wear a corset constantly to deal with the swelling.
However, despite this, she says she'd only rate the pain she feels as two out of 10 thanks to the team of doctors and nurses helping her recover from her surgery.
There have been some critics, but Emily said in a video that 'getting my ribs removed doesn’t change the fact that I’m a kind loving trans girl'.
She said: "I know some of your moms walk around with BBLS, how is this any different.
“It is my money my body and I’m going to do what I want with it."
Joe Harker