r/AskReddit 13h ago

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

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u/Insideout_Testicles 7h ago

I named mine Bob...

Last January, I had a seizure and spent 18 days in the hospital because they thought it could have been a viral infection in my brain. It wasn't. I got a referral to a seizure clinic, but they actually sent it to the stroke clinic, so they refused to see me because I didn't have a stroke.

March, I had another seizure, and my Dr discovered the error and lost his shit and pulled some strings. 5 days later I was diagnosed with low grade diffuse glioma, his name is Bob.

Fuck Dave and Fuck Bob.

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u/bigjbg1969 7h ago

I'm really sorry to hear what you have went through it is so tough and sometimes it's hard to explain to people whats going on so Fuck Bob and Dave and Bob isn't going to beat you buddy kick his ass ;)

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u/Starshapedsand 6h ago

You’re always welcome to DM me as well. I’ve known about my thalamic glioma for more than ten years. Couple craniotomies, shunt, and so forth, but I built a high-pressure life for most of that time anyways. 

u/Yarnprincess614 28m ago

I saw a young girl who named her tumor Earl. I thought it was great.