who's tumor

[Lpspider]

So who has the tumor? Theories?

[Redman]

It's Ben's.

[bladerunna]

yea its definatly ben's

there is a preview with jack saying

"are these ben's xrays?"

[losty09]

no, its locke's.

its a spinal tumor... locke has spinal issues which caused him to be paralyzed. We are supposed to find out why locke was in a wheelchair soon, so what if this is leading up to it?

[ObsessedWithSawyer13]

it would be too obvious if it was bens. i think if they're palying the irony(or coincidence, watevs) card, its jack's. i think that would be interesting. i can see them revealing that rite b4 sweeps.

[Lost in 80s music]

It's either Ben or Mr. Friendly (aka Zeke). There's a lot to lose if it's Ben--he's in charge. Who knows if he'll put himself in Jack's hands.

[Lpspider]

1) Ben
2) Locke
3) Jack

Those are the three ideas we've been presented with. I wouldn't be surprised wit either, though I strongly doubt it's Jack's. Though it's possible.

1 & 2 make equal amounts of sense, though I can't see why they'd have Locke's x-rays or even care.

[Lpspider]

Oh, and if it is Ben's I think they'll let him. Jack's good in nature and he proved his willingness to cooperate when whats-her-face died.

[losty09]

Hmmm... i still say locke. He is the only one we know of with a confirmed spine problem. I doubt its jack, since the promo showed right after the episode showed jack talking to whoever it is who has the tumour... and locke was in the promo a lot.

as for how or why they would have lock'e x- rays... don't they take a certain interest in all the losties? They would have it the same way/reason they had a whole file full of info on jack, his family, everything.

as for playing the irony card, what would be more ironic than the man of science operating on the man of faith?

[Mackdmann]

Technically, any tumor you could see on an x-ray would be a bone tumor (soft tissues don't really show up well). While not impossible, it would be a long shot to be paralized by a bone tumor of the vertebrae. It would have to encroach into the spinal canal to a great enough extent to severely damage the spinal cord. Any sane person would have surgery long before it reached that point to avoid the possibility of paralysis . My point? It's probably not Locke.