Today, I found out the hard way that if you spontaneously begin to lose weight, you may have cancer, not an increased metabolism. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I finally lost some weight. Unfortunately, that's only because I had a testicle removed due to cancer. FML
Today, I found out my sudden weight loss wasn’t because I changed my diet. It’s because I have heart failure FML
Today, a customer that I've been waiting on for years came into the restaurant after a long absence. I said to him, "Hey man, it looks like you lost a lot of weight! How'd you do it?" He replied, "I got cancer." FML
Today, after I completely starved myself for a week and exercised every day in an attempt to lose weight, I instead gained 5 pounds. FML
Today, I had a doctor's appointment because I've recently lost weight. I'm already underweight, and I was concerned because the weight loss has been causing some other health concerns to worsen. My doctor's exact words of advice? "Eating food usually leads to weight gain." FML
Today, when my mother-in-law told me I was losing weight, my husband started laughing. FML
Today, I found out that I've been using a "Trick Scale" that my family bought to boost my self esteem so I'd think I was losing weight. I found this out at my physical, where I learned I have actually gained ten pounds. FML
Today, I found out my diet and exercise plan wasn't nearly as effective when it comes to weight loss as I had originally thought. It turns out what really accounts for all the weight I've been losing is tapeworms. FML
Today, and over the past six months, after 20+ years of habits aiming at not gaining weight and succeeding in doing so, I've suddenly LOST a lot of weight at 40 years-old due to bad circumstances. No matter how hard I try or how much I eat, my system just seems to have forgotten how to build fat. FML
Today, I noticed that I have gained enough weight to give me back boobs. FML
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Mossyoak_kw 28
Oh my gosh that's terrible. I'm so sorry, OP. Stay strong!! Best of luck to you, sweetie!
LindseyTheMoose 24
Damn. Well I hope all goes well OP, best of luck to you and stay strong!
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Comments (95)
LAUGHINGKOMODO 25
Some things are too good to be true. FYL
bcalle 8
Still trying to figure out how op having cancer calls for a ydi. Unless it was accidentally hit, that's really shitty
bcalle 8
Unless the button is accidentally hit * clarification for mobile users
tinytyler 12
Not sure why this was even downvoted
LindseyTheMoose 24
Damn. Well I hope all goes well OP, best of luck to you and stay strong!
beeferjay 34
ive known a bunch of people that beat cancer... they say a positive attitude really helps
Googolman 29
Well, do you know for sure if it's cancer? Maybe there's still hope.
megansheeran 21
I doubt they would've posted this if they weren't sure.
MDoremis 38
#30 that's not necessarily true. In college I randomly dropped 24lbs in one week and could barely even eat more than 500kcals a day if I didn't want to get violently sick and "cancer" was thrown out a lot during doctors appointments. Turns out they couldn't find anything wrong with me after six months of testing everything they could think of and I didn't (and still don't) have cancer.
alexanderavatar 24
500k calories a day? the recommendations are 2 k a day maximum
Migole 36
@56: You have the units mixed up here ;) What we commonly refer to as simply "calories" are actually kilo calories abr. as kcal. So the correct amount of daily intake are 2000 kcal or 2k kcal.
alexanderavatar 24
oh i thought 2 k was 2000
brezzyanna 17
2k is 2000,but the unit is kcal. It's 2000 kcal, not 2000k cal.
Soparot 29
@68 When she said "500kcal" she was implying 500 kilo calories, not 500 thousand calories. I got confused from reading the other explanations so in case you did too, I figured I'd simplify it.
sylvienoir 18
Aw, that's awful. Chemo is gonna be a bitch (if you do it).
Alexis0927 22
Not really what OP needs to hear right now
helptheorphans 17
However, it's the truth.
higgysaurus 18
But it doesn't need to be said
thisguy22 33
The truth always needs to be said.
higgysaurus 18
Evem the truth that everyone already knows to be true? #5 was just reminding OP of the terrible things that OP most likely already knew about, which is not needed.
Myo_fml 20
I just hope that if op gets treatments that she gets her eggs frozen first. I think sterility is a side effect not many people are aware of.
Drnknmonkey08 12
#90 who said the OP is a female? Also, what if OP doesn't want children, and just because it can lead to sterilization doesn't mean it will happen. My brother had testicular cancer, and has a child.
lurker_no_more 13
#100: the little female icon next to OP's username when on the mobile app says so ;)
Mossyoak_kw 28
Oh my gosh that's terrible. I'm so sorry, OP. Stay strong!! Best of luck to you, sweetie!
cheeeksss 29
I wasn't expecting that! My heart just dropped. Good luck to you OP we will be here supporting you ):
Ethan_Anonymous 28
At least you're losing weight ?. But sorry op, I hope you get it taken care of
iiTzNeeNerz 26
Weight loss is not a silver lining here.
smallandroid 26
Dear lord, people really need to focus less on weight (and shaming/praising people for how much they have) and more on the underlying issues.
NostalgiaFreak9 43
Yeah, because losing weight due to cancer is a good thing.
Ethan_Anonymous 28
And people need to stop reading what they want to read. I said at LEAST. Of course the cancer isn't a good thing, but at least he/she is getting some good out of it. Sorry for my optimistic views
jesterinperil 28
Having recently lost my father to cancer, I can tell you this from experience. It will get worse before it gets better, but as long as you keep going and never give up, it WILL get better. Much love, and best of luck OP.
greatfirstdate 18
Wait...what?
herofaircloth 18
Do you read?
Mysterious_one 26
Well.. Worst part of cancer.. Is the chemotherapy.. Which is more painful than the cancer it self.. If he go thru it and take the pain.. He will get better
thatguy1531 14
Why would anyone hit you deserve it no one deserves that....
christinamarie17 29
Well, the people who chain smoke, get cancer, then continue to smoke kind of deserve it. Not saying that's the case with OP (and by the way sorry for your situation OP) but those people, they kind of deserve it.
peceout 29
#18 No one deserves cancer. Not even chain smokers, why would you think that?
ligerzero459 24
It's probably people on mobile that hit it accidentally. I've done that a few times unfortunately
askullnamedbilly 33
Gonna get a lot of down votes for this, but I did. Not because anyone deserves cancer, but because if you lose a lot of weight without changing anything about your habits and DON'T immediately go see a doctor, you should really reevaluate your priorities.
Chicagoillinois 18
That's a stupid way of thinking 45
Roxas_hearts 27
If she didn't see a doctor, she wouldn't have been diagnosed.
countryb_cth 38
@45 did you ever think that OP was really busy and didn't notice she lost any weight until now? It can happen if you don't pay attention. Also if you knew your comment was going to get down voted why did you even bother posting it?
theRonin 18
Oh no! That's terrible news! Have a speedy recovery!
Alup132 22
Speedy wasn't necessary. Have a recovery.
pete9913 23
I hope it's treatable OP,