Today, I went to the doctor for a sports physical. I've had a giant, dark birthmark on my left ribcage that I've hated most of my life. Recently I've learned to embrace it and show it off by wearing bikinis. My doctor saw it and told me it's a fungus that's been spreading on my side all my life. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I noticed a random dark spot on my skin around my groin area. Fearing that it was possibly melanoma, even though I don't really go outside a lot, I made a mad dash to the doctor. Apparently it's just a fucked-up stretch mark, and is perfectly normal. Nice thing to have a panic attack over. Good job, brain. FML
Today, I finally went to the doctor's office to have a small patch of acne on my stomach looked at. Since it was in an almost perfect circle and abnormally sensitive, I was worried it could be ringworm or some other sort of skin infection. It turned out to be an infection alright. Herpes. FML
Today, I went to the doctor's because I could feel something solid in my breasts, and I wanted to get it checked, just to be safe. Turns out it was my ribs. Oops. FML
Today, I told the doctor that one of my ribs sticks out farther than the other. When I lifted my shirt to show him, he immediately laughed and said, "Whoa, that's not subtle is it!" As if I wasn't already insecure about it. FML
Today, I realized the birthmark I have on my chest isn't a birthmark at all; it's a third nipple. FML
Today, I had to finally come to terms with the fact that I am obese when the doctor told me that my weird smell was not an infection but mold growing between my fat rolls. FML
Today, I went to the doctor to ask what the weird white lump was on my back, and if it was cancer. He told me it was the biggest pimple he'd ever seen. FML
Today, I panicked when I saw a spider on my shoulder from the corner of my eye. It was a birthmark. The same one that has been there for the last 23 years. FML
Today, I went to the Doctor's for a mole my husband had said was, "growing and changing color". It turned out to be a wood tick. My husband knew, but said it was too "icky" to take off himself. FML
Today, and for the past few years, I've had a mysterious lump on my pinky finger that will not go away. Every doctor I've gone to has absolutely no idea what it is, or why it even showed up. I'm starting to think that I wouldn't like to find out what it is, if even a medical professional can't say for sure. FML
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manoverboard 0
Why didn't any other doctors notice this?
lukewarmocha 0
:( doctors should have caught it before
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luis6r 0
You didn't notice get bigger?
clyde_fml 0
uh oh. i think i have the same exact thing then. crap. fml as well.
TheRoflMonster 0
Birthmarks don't grow... Do they?
av232 0
gross, i'm eating. and why does everyone assume she's been to the doctor before? maybe this was her first doctor's visit.
28_3_17 0
As you grow, your skin grows. so, if birthmarks are on skin.........see where I'm going with this? My birthmarks have gotten bigger....noob
shnibz101 0
I'm sorry that sucks
Amkii 0
Yeeaahhhhh! Show off that fungus! BE PROUD!
soulonfire928 0
It's not that big of a deal, I had the same thing. It was kind of in my chest area so no doctor noticed it except my gyno while doing a breast exam. Just gave me some anti-fungal cream and it cleared up in a short time. My mom had the same thing...and it's really no bigger deal than athlete's foot is. It's easy enough to treat and will go away relatively quickly. It's not anything to do with being a "gross" person or anything, it just happens.
alliemi 0
Fungus Pride Like black pride but better
americayay 0
yeah, because having a fungus is just like being black. that's not a racist remark at all.
Clever_Nick_Here 0
It was not a racist remark. If you were offended by this comment, please "grow a thicker skin". Don't even get me started on racism... lol
americayay 0
Lol. I was mostly joking.
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tunacansam 0
yummm
Lalala203 0
I have a large dark birthmark on my back and have been doing the same thing lately... accept mine isn't a fungus.. Sorry mate.