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[deleted] t1_j9wh5ms wrote

I wasn’t feeling well one day so I went to the ER. They did a CT scan of my abdomen and found a massive clot in the artery or that goes to my liver. Fortunately, my body created a new pathway around the clot so I was okay, but I was put on an anticoagulant to dissolve that one, as well as two others that were found in my leg.

It all worked out but it just amazes me to think about how close I was to having something seriously wrong. And I had absolutely no idea it was happening. I’m quite convinced that if I hadn’t had a random stomach ache that night, which was completely unrelated to the clots, I’d be dead right now.

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ReasonPuzzleheaded27 t1_j9wbrlg wrote

Well let’s see - there was that time when I was 17 and I fell asleep in the fast lane on a freeway in SoCal, I woke up when my wheel bounced me off the center divider, which caused the very full ashtray to explode in a huge ash and butt plume, and I somehow gained control of the car (my mom’s!), pulled off the freeway at the next exit, got out expecting to see the driver’s side smashed up and….nothing. Not a scratch. Pretty close to dying, and pretty damn lucky I didn’t. Was wide awake the rest of the hour drive home. But had to explain why the front seats were covered in ash and butts the next day.

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