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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Tesla_fml 0
Wow that really sucks
ooshrooms 1
You should be pissed at your parent(s). I highly doubt this mark was there when you were born, since fungus should never be present in the uterus let alone the amniotic sac, so it probably started sometime between birth and 5 or 6 years old. I don't care how young you are, a large dark mole popping up should be checked by a dermatologist in case it's skin cancer. If you think it's been there since birth, it started when you were young enough for a parent to notice.
plexico 4
Now we know who's the fungus among us.
kewlcat 0
who said anything about a mole? moles are gross though i have 2 and they suck
ooshrooms 1
Birthmark is a term commonly used to refer to moles when they're large and have been with us for as long as we can remember. Freckles are also moles, but they get their own name since their small, light in color, and plentiful on the face. Call them what you want, but they're all the same things.
laur20091 0
How wouldn't you notice it spreading? Especially if it had been doing it all your life there would be a noticable change in size ad shape
AshleyRose784 0
fake fake fake
febag 0
you should take a shower sometimes!
nitro27x 2
great, now I'm worried about my birthmark
car6435 0
oh shit!!!
illproveit 0
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fawkes_fml 0
fungi are hard to catch and harder to treat... seriously. and they wouldn't look into it if it looked like a birthmark... seriously, people...