Misdiagnosed
Never trust a doctor’s first opinion. Always seek out a second opinion like Reddit user Laryethan did. She was told from an early age that she wasn’t long for this world, but as it turns out, the doctors were wrong.
“When I was around 8 I was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy and some severe heart issues, everyone kinda just assumed I would die any day after that. Well come 8 years later I was still here and my doctors pretty much gave up on figuring out what is wrong with me so my parents decided to get a second opinion.
We went to mayo clinic and I was easily diagnosed with postural orthostatic tacacardia syndrome, something that is easily treated through exercise (in my case, pots varies a lot and can be much more difficult to fight for others), the opposite of what my doctors told me to do.
After that I was just like wow, now I have to plan my future.”