Health: News to me

News to me

By Anonymous - 01/07/2009 20:35 - United States

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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By Fuck anxiety - 19/05/2024 02:00 - United States - Steele

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

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By ringrash - 14/01/2016 06:17 - United States - Pittsburgh

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

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By Lara - 08/01/2016 11:28 - Germany - Bremen

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

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By justmyluck5150 - 17/10/2016 17:58 - United States

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

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By triplenipple - 10/01/2011 20:35 - Sweden

Today, I realized the birthmark I have on my chest isn't a birthmark at all; it's a third nipple. FML

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By Anonymous - 26/09/2012 14:23 - Canada

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

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Hypochondriac

By Stepheroni - This FML is from back in 2017 but it's good stuff

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

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By lct722 - 16/03/2012 05:54 - Canada

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

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By Anonymous - 29/05/2013 04:32 - United States - Sparta

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

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Mystery lump

By Pinky Paranoid - 22/10/2022 06:00

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

Thursday 2 July 2009 1:33

Why didn't any other doctors notice this?

lukewarmocha 0

Thursday 2 July 2009 1:35

:( doctors should have caught it before

Comments

afmanslady 0

Saturday 4 July 2009 2:36

you can still embrace your fungus.

3P0N1N3 0

Tuesday 7 July 2009 9:58

That's not an FML! That's fecking awesome!

magichatmat 0

Saturday 11 July 2009 15:35

At least you know it's treatable - obviously a birthmark is just something you gotta live with, but a fungus can be easily treated.

Elizzy2007 0

Monday 13 July 2009 14:52

This is a lie... either it would have been found earlier...or you would be dead by now... if you get something like that you wouldnt live past a year...

crzymonkeyxo 0

Monday 13 July 2009 20:37

There are many types of fungal infections that are not dangerous at all, this is most likely what she has "Tinea versicolor, also called pityriasis versicolor, is a common fungal infection of the skin. The fungus interferes with the normal pigmentation of the skin, resulting in small, discolored patches." http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/tinea-versicolor/ds00635

amezinsane 0

Monday 27 July 2009 21:05

dont worry i have a quite noticeable birthmark on my left side aswell and it looks hiddeous its cos i had an opp wen i was a little girl and by now its saposed to be just a healed over slight scar thing but now its gone all red, big and bleachy. im glad you embarase yours ive always been embarressed to wear bakinis cos of my birthmark :( soz to hear about it being a fungus

mollytamale 1

Friday 25 September 2009 4:17

I'm 15, I wear a bikini, and I've never had a physical. I don't find this unrealistic. FYL!

BreeKnox 0

Wednesday 30 September 2009 19:05

your 15 and you havent had a physical before?! thats frickin nasty. hopefully you havent spread any viruses to anyone.

alexFYL 11

Friday 30 October 2009 14:26

I didn't have a physical until I booked my first gyno appointment at 18. The last time I had been to a doctor for a general checkup before then, I was probably around ... 10? I don't find this unrealistic. Also, tinnea versicolor kind of looks like a sun burn/sun rash... it probably goes unnoticed in a lot of people.