Today, I found out I do not have a fast metabolism, I've actually had a tape worm living inside me for 3 years. FML
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Iskylite 6
the doctor said it could've lived inside me for 30 years. I'm glad they got it out :) and yes I'm feeling much better :)
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laladd123 11
How did you not notice for so long tape worms can be huge
logic368 8
Look on the bright side, you're thin as a tapeworm! Jack, that sucks, did you get it out?
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fleur_de_fevrier_fml 23
I gotta stop reading FML while having breakfast -_-
Korra_fml 23
oh wow. i'm not sure how true it is, but iv been told the only way to get a tapeworm to release its hold on a host is to bring the host to the VERY brink of death, then once the worm is off to quickly resuscitate them. i'll keep you in my thoughts. please get this taken care of as quickly and safely as possible. now, i'm off to google to do further research.
WolliBolli 23
Usually you can just take some medicine that basically allow you to digest the worm. So you wont have to pull a several meter long worm out your butt.
Raesin 21
Yea... don't believe everything you hear. Much like Wolli says, you can just take some medicine that either digests it or kills it so you can have fun pulling it out your backside.
suri23 11
Nah, they have drugs that kill the buggers without making you too sick.
Korra_fml 23
honestly, i dont remember where i heard that. when i googled it last night tho, i did find that there are pills that kill it. still tho... the pictures i saw... there was one kind (pork, i think) that grows to 30+ meters... SCARY and GROSS!!
WolliBolli 23
Tapeworms are kinda cool. they have hooks and suction cups so they wont be blown away from your intestine. They absorb nutrients through their entire body surface and the beef tapeworm can grow to 20meters! They reproduce by shedding off bits of itself. This is what you have to look for.
Simoneaux17 11
NOPENOPENOPE
swimgood 16
Consider me paranoid.
judea95 16
Hopefully I'll get one. Gotta lose weight
ThatBoredGuy 4
so is it a duct tape or an electric tape worm xD ?? sorry for that .. That's why we muslims don't eat pork
Iskylite 6
yes I got it removed yesterday I was really happy :)
jw90 18
It's gross knowing something like that may be living inside you. I'd freak.
skyeyez9 25
I read in china, people do the "tapeworm diet." They go to doctors who actually give them one to ingest, then come back in a couple mos to have it removed. I was grossed out and shocked at the extremes people will go to lose weight.