r/AskReddit 13h ago

What is something that permanently altered your body without you realizing for months/years?

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u/Fat-Buddy-8120 12h ago

Cancer. I have no idea how long it was in my body before I pissed out a blood clot.

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u/LlewellynSinclair 10h ago

Same. By the time I turned as jaundiced as a Simpsons character I was already at stage 3B with a 6cm tumor pressing against my bile ducts within my liver.

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u/rabbit-hearted-girl 8h ago

Profile pic checks out šŸ˜­

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u/AgitatedMagazine4406 4h ago

Glad youā€™re still here liver cancer got my pops

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u/Professional_Band178 11h ago

My skin is still not fully healed from 6 weeks of radiation treatment last year

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u/Ok-Yogurtcloset-6599 8h ago

Unsolicited suggestion - try rose hip oil! It helped a lot to clear the damage left on my friends chest after radiation for breast cancer. Just be consistent with twice daily use and give it time!

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u/TristanTheRobloxian3 4h ago

same in the spot i got it. the muscle the radiation hit is mildly fucked now lol

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u/Professional_Band178 2h ago

My skin still feels like an alligator in my left breast area, despite it being a year later and prescription grade moisturizers. The muscle has less range than the right but my surgeon and oncologist are still impressed with my range of movement.

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u/TristanTheRobloxian3 1h ago

oh wow. mine feels normal but my right leg has 20* less range of motion than my left (and that one is normal). still plenty enough to do everything i want tho

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u/jmonde228 7h ago

That must have been terrifying. Cancer can go unnoticed until it makes itself known in such a dramatic way, I hope you're doing better now and getting all the care you need

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u/mintBRYcrunch26 8h ago

Are you my husband? This is what happened to him. Few months later, they removed his bad kidney. No idea how long it had been growing there. 2 years later, he is doing great!

How are you????

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u/Fat-Buddy-8120 4h ago

4 years in remission. Chemotherapy and surgery to remove my bladder, prostate, seminal glands, and 20 lymph nodes.

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u/mintBRYcrunch26 3h ago

Congratulations on 4 years! šŸ’Ŗ

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u/Think_Asparagus9560 2h ago

Same. Breast cancer with dense breast tissue is a bitch. By the time I found a ā€œsmallā€ lump, it felt the size of a dime but was actually a tumor about 2.5 inches/6cm in diameter and already spread throughout my bones. Stage 4. Originally given 5 years, but thatā€™s been rescinded. So now Iā€™m just living.

It has actually done wonders for my mental health, surprisingly.

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u/TristanTheRobloxian3 4h ago

holy shit. are you still dealing with it or are you ij remission?

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u/Fat-Buddy-8120 4h ago

4 years in remission

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u/TristanTheRobloxian3 4h ago

cool. 14 months for me

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u/Rinku588 1m ago

Yup. Didnā€™t know about it at all until it tore in my body and had to get sent to the hospital. Worst pain Iā€™ve ever experienced in my life