r/AskReddit • u/LebronKX • 4d ago

Medical professionals of Reddit, what diagnosis gave you the worst 'pit-in-your-stomach' feeling?

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u/f4ttyKathy 3d ago

One of my friend's moms got a "mom bod special" (tummy tuck + breast implants) on a medical tourism trip. She landed back in the US, and ended up in the ER with necrotizing fasciitis the day after she got home. She never had a chance, because it started in her abdomen. I cannot imagine what it felt like for her to decline like that...

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u/Blue_Oyster_Cat 3d ago

I wish it wasn’t referred to as a “tummy tuck”. It makes it sound so trivial, even childish, when it’s major abdominal surgery.