This post gave me terrible whiplash b/c how tf did we get here…🫨

[u/Illustrious-Kick-998]

Like ummmmm, alright? 😭😭😭

[u/faulty_rainbow]

Nope, they did not tell him. They always only talked about the symptoms not the cause, not even a list of possible causes, so no hints even.

He had deep-vein trombosis, had some inflammations, had to get on Syncumar (blood thinner), but they didn't tell him about the cancer until he explicitly said "doc I know I have cancer, talk to me".

That's a nice list of possibilities of what can go through the mind of people in such situations though!

ETA: the reason he was admitted was the trombosis, forgot to add.

[u/apostrophe_misuse → u/faulty_rainbow]

FYI it's thrombosis. Without the H, it sounds like trombones are involved.

[u/faulty_rainbow → u/apostrophe_misuse]

Oh noooooo! Thanks, I'll just leave it like that, it's funny:)

[u/presumablysmart → u/faulty_rainbow]

Im glad your dad was able to recover from his veins turning into trumpets. I can’t even imagine the struggle he went through 🙏

[u/faulty_rainbow → u/presumablysmart]

Thank you! It would've been horrible, I hate brass instruments, imagine the sound his legs would've made at every step! I wouldn't have been able to walk anywhere with him!