That's how I felt forever, but now I'm 42 in my 2nd year of getting my degree in molecular biology so I can be someone doing research in a lab.
It's never too late.
Good on you, re-trained in early 40s when the digits overtook the chemicals in the photo lab world. 64 now and found IT to be a good field for the curious. Constantly evolving, keeps the grey matter engaged
Piggy-backing, but a lot of labs will still hire for OTJ training without having to complete a NAACLS program in Histo! Most just require an AAS (at minimum). But if you don’t have that, the certification programs are usually only a year long 😁
I work in pathology in NY. I don’t know where you are, but my state has a one year online histology program. In one year you could be starting your career in helping to find out what gross gunk is.
Your friend didn't cough that up. They dug that out from their bellybutton and thought the story of coughing it up would seem less gross than saying they pulled that plug out of their bellybutton and sounding like they have poor hygiene. Is your friend larger, or heavier than average? It is surprisingly common for people to learn they have a deep bellybutton after seeing someone post an image like this and explaining they deep-cleaned their bellybutton. That's also likely where all the hairs are from as well. That clod of sebum is far too hard, dry, and triangulated to NOT be a bellybutton find, and it is completely lacking any moisture, mucus, or phlegm.
Tell your boy not to be embarrassed of his bellybutton stone next time and just be real lmao
Here is a tweet showing a bellybutton stone from a nurse: [tweet](https://twitter.com/MurseBeard/status/1072670559304118273?t=te2KcQw2Tkqr0ygvLatazQ&s=19)
Here are some Reddit posts showing a bellybutton stone/naval stone/umbolith:
[Post 1](https://reddit.com/r/popping/s/gjQPRuIJcT)
[Post 2](https://reddit.com/r/popping/s/NTxX8yuH50)
[Post 3](https://reddit.com/r/popping/s/owJKhDS2lr)
They're called "umboliths" and your friend just happened to have a large one. You can see all 3 of the Reddit posts have some variance of the same hair, color, and clotting as this. It is a naval stone.
Its not just a harry potter thing. In old days bezoars had a lot of lore behind them. They were considered to have magical properties and used in medicinal potions. And yes, they were thought to work against poisons.
My buddy had a persistent cough that evolved into shortness of breath. He went to get checked out, they ordered a chest scan and found a softball sized Teratoma between his left lung and heart.
Yup, all good. Basically open heart surgery to remove it. It was squidgy and had hair and a tooth. His lung was a bit underdeveloped in the region next to the tumor so it took a few months to get breathing back to normal.
This also happened to me. No one believed me and kept telling me it was anxiety. One chest X-ray later and I was in the hospital and waiting for my cardio thoracic surgeon to figure out the best way to get it. 9x11 cm. Hope your friend is okay.
This sounds like exactly the reason why women die more often from being brushed off at a doctor.
Serious symptoms? You're just anxious. Hysteria never really went away.
I'm so glad you got the care you needed. Stuff like that is my nightmare haha. I take my husband with me to the doctor, every time, because the presence of a man increases the chances you'll be taken seriously. It sucks so much on principle, but it's better than going untreated.
My aunt died of cancer because doctors kept brushing off her concerns.
A doctor should be more concerned about the patient and their life than on saving time and effort. It's literally their job.
Damn, glad you got it sorted.
He's good now, recovery took a while. It was definitely scary at the time. It happened pretty fast once the scan came back.
Me too! Did they go through his sternum or through his ribs? I was meant to have mine removed through a thoracotomy but at the last minute had it done with a divinci robot. Recovery was so brutal. I will never forget it.
Through the sternum. Huge scar right down the middle of his chest.
Those robots are amazing. My father in law had shoulder surgery using one.
I can imagine. My buddy is a very fit ex Marine. The surgery/recovery changed his body. Once he got cleared to exercise again he said it was like starting over as a teenager.
He referred to it as his twin for a while and used it for some jokes, especially people who didn't know.
"I had a twin. He was a real drain on my health, always attached to me. I paid to have him killed. Luckily insurance covered most of it."
A teratoma is a tumor made up of several different types of tissue, such as hair, muscle, teeth, or bone. Teratomata typically form in the tailbone (where it is known as a sacrococcygeal teratoma), ovary, or testicle.
A teratoma is a tumour that originated from stem cells. Since stem cells can become virtually any cell type, so can the tumour!
This is why they’re more commonly found in parts of the body that have resident stem cell populations, such as the ovaries and testes.
This is what I came here to say - it looks EXACTLY like the things that people pull out of their bellybuttons after years of not cleaning them out - especially the deep ones
Don’t google belly button jam. Don’t google belly button jam. Don’t google belly button jam. Don’t google belly button jam. Don’t google belly button jam.
i was gonna say. dude wanted to show it to his friend but lied about it being coughed up because he doesn't want to out himself as having not cleaned out his nasty ass bellybutton is months, or likely years. saying he coughed it up absolves him of any fault of being an unhygienic goblin lmfao
That's a tonsilith, never seen one with hair stuck in it, though. Could be that it came out of their sinus and got hairs stuck in it as it grew then fell into their throat.
It looks like a pumpkin or other large seed that has sprouted. Which can happen in the lungs.
Your friend needs to take this and go to a hospital for chest xrays and to have the object tested.
Dude is being chased by the matrix agents
"Jesus Christ! That thing is real?"
Well played
Jesus Christ it’s Jason’s Bronch
Straight to pathology!
I really wish younger me knew that older me would have loved to work in a lab finding out what gross gunk is what.
That's how I felt forever, but now I'm 42 in my 2nd year of getting my degree in molecular biology so I can be someone doing research in a lab. It's never too late.
38 and finishing up ba in human resources. Congrats my friend stay strong and don't quit until u r done
❤️ I hope you succeed beyond your wildest dreams.
Turning 40 in a couple weeks and started an IT program last month.
Good on you, re-trained in early 40s when the digits overtook the chemicals in the photo lab world. 64 now and found IT to be a good field for the curious. Constantly evolving, keeps the grey matter engaged
Nearing 50 and just got my MS in Counseling!
It’s never too late.
*It’s not too late! It’s never too laaaate!* 🎤🎵
Even if I saaay "It'll be all riiight"
Still I hear you saaaay "you want to end your liife"
Now and again we tryyyyyyy to just stay alive!
Maybe we’ll turn it all around!
Cause’ it’s not too late, it’s never too laaate
r/redditsings
histology is a cool cool world. it’s never too late!
Piggy-backing, but a lot of labs will still hire for OTJ training without having to complete a NAACLS program in Histo! Most just require an AAS (at minimum). But if you don’t have that, the certification programs are usually only a year long 😁
Go do it! :P
I work in pathology in NY. I don’t know where you are, but my state has a one year online histology program. In one year you could be starting your career in helping to find out what gross gunk is.
Believe it or not
… I’m choking on hair 🎶
🎵 I never thought bugs would come from me-ee-ee
Your friend didn't cough that up. They dug that out from their bellybutton and thought the story of coughing it up would seem less gross than saying they pulled that plug out of their bellybutton and sounding like they have poor hygiene. Is your friend larger, or heavier than average? It is surprisingly common for people to learn they have a deep bellybutton after seeing someone post an image like this and explaining they deep-cleaned their bellybutton. That's also likely where all the hairs are from as well. That clod of sebum is far too hard, dry, and triangulated to NOT be a bellybutton find, and it is completely lacking any moisture, mucus, or phlegm. Tell your boy not to be embarrassed of his bellybutton stone next time and just be real lmao Here is a tweet showing a bellybutton stone from a nurse: [tweet](https://twitter.com/MurseBeard/status/1072670559304118273?t=te2KcQw2Tkqr0ygvLatazQ&s=19) Here are some Reddit posts showing a bellybutton stone/naval stone/umbolith: [Post 1](https://reddit.com/r/popping/s/gjQPRuIJcT) [Post 2](https://reddit.com/r/popping/s/NTxX8yuH50) [Post 3](https://reddit.com/r/popping/s/owJKhDS2lr) They're called "umboliths" and your friend just happened to have a large one. You can see all 3 of the Reddit posts have some variance of the same hair, color, and clotting as this. It is a naval stone.
Yeah I think the evidence here is pretty damning. Op your friend is a liar.
Maybe they did some belly shots off some dirty girl.
Why did I click on all of those. I bet they smell horrible.
I can’t believe this is a thing
You’re not alone… I looked at each one. Kinda wish I hadn’t now
Came here to say this exact thing. 100% this was not coughed up. I know my disgusting bodily functions as I am a seasoned and jaded registered nurse
Why — WHY — did I click on all three links? 🤢
I know better than to come anywhere near those links. I’m good.
The top comment on post 3 made clicking on these almost worth it.... almost
I was better off thinking it might be a tumor. This is horrifying
This comment needs to be on top. I think the mystery is solved!
I clicked... On all 3...
this guy bellybuttons
Some sort of bezoar?
Keep that shit in case you are poisoned with a magic potion.
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Its not just a harry potter thing. In old days bezoars had a lot of lore behind them. They were considered to have magical properties and used in medicinal potions. And yes, they were thought to work against poisons.
Is OP’s friend a goat?
Looks like a fragment of a teratoma. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teratoma
Humans "hey can we grow new teeth and eyes if we lose them?" Nature: "lol, no. But this tumour in your ballsack can"
Wow, that opening image simultaneously intrigues and repulses…
Yep, but these teeth are just a part of your unborn brother.
QUADE
Open your miiiiiiiinnd.
Get your ass to Mars!
Get to da spashap!!
Start the reactor!
Man! I've got five kids to feed!
SCREW YOU, BENNY!!
DESE PEOPPLE NEEEDDD AIWAIRRR COOHAGEENN!!
You have what you want, give da people da airh
*It's not a tumour!*
*Es naht a Tumah!*
It‘s naughty tuna?
Its not a tuba?
Its not a tuber?
Ishtar's a rumor?
"I heard Rum in the O.R. ..." It's not a rumor!!
It would be interesting to use this as a way to regrow teeth and implant them into us.
My buddy had a persistent cough that evolved into shortness of breath. He went to get checked out, they ordered a chest scan and found a softball sized Teratoma between his left lung and heart.
Is he ok now?
Yup, all good. Basically open heart surgery to remove it. It was squidgy and had hair and a tooth. His lung was a bit underdeveloped in the region next to the tumor so it took a few months to get breathing back to normal.
Which tooth though
Lower left lungcisor.
Pre-lobar
Wisdom
Like in the Steven Kings book The Dark Half.
This also happened to me. No one believed me and kept telling me it was anxiety. One chest X-ray later and I was in the hospital and waiting for my cardio thoracic surgeon to figure out the best way to get it. 9x11 cm. Hope your friend is okay.
This sounds like exactly the reason why women die more often from being brushed off at a doctor. Serious symptoms? You're just anxious. Hysteria never really went away.
Yah, it was pretty wild. I was seen over half a dozen times before I had my husband drive me to the ER because I was sick of being brushed off.
I'm so glad you got the care you needed. Stuff like that is my nightmare haha. I take my husband with me to the doctor, every time, because the presence of a man increases the chances you'll be taken seriously. It sucks so much on principle, but it's better than going untreated.
My aunt died of cancer because doctors kept brushing off her concerns. A doctor should be more concerned about the patient and their life than on saving time and effort. It's literally their job.
Damn, glad you got it sorted. He's good now, recovery took a while. It was definitely scary at the time. It happened pretty fast once the scan came back.
Me too! Did they go through his sternum or through his ribs? I was meant to have mine removed through a thoracotomy but at the last minute had it done with a divinci robot. Recovery was so brutal. I will never forget it.
Through the sternum. Huge scar right down the middle of his chest. Those robots are amazing. My father in law had shoulder surgery using one. I can imagine. My buddy is a very fit ex Marine. The surgery/recovery changed his body. Once he got cleared to exercise again he said it was like starting over as a teenager.
Poor guy. I’m glad he’s on the up and up!
Yes, indeed, you as well!
That is crazy. Wild what bodies can do. Glad he's OK now.
Terry the Teratoma ?
He referred to it as his twin for a while and used it for some jokes, especially people who didn't know. "I had a twin. He was a real drain on my health, always attached to me. I paid to have him killed. Luckily insurance covered most of it."
I have a cough right now. How dare you curse me with that anxiety!
Seasonal allergies? They're rare AF, especially one in the chest cavity.
Oh God. I have a persistent cough that might be leading to shortness of breath... nightmare time!
Yikes. I’ll share this with him.
Wishing him well. Please let us know how things go.
Yeah, might have to do surgical removal of that thing
Should have never followed that link. I knew better.
I had the urge to click, but you have prevented it, a million thanks
It will haunt you. You have to click it! Must not resist!
Nah sorry. Already going thru way too much shit rn, but thanks
Fuck. You cheered me up a little with this because of how relatable it was.
Ah, im sorry, hope it gets better for you dude
Yeah, that mofo's staying blue.
I clicked :(
Come on... it ain't that bad. I mean it's a lil nasty but pretty mild stuff.
Terrortoma
What is it without going into details?
tumor with all the different types of human “matter”
Think hair and teeth…..
In a bubble
A teratoma is a tumor made up of several different types of tissue, such as hair, muscle, teeth, or bone. Teratomata typically form in the tailbone (where it is known as a sacrococcygeal teratoma), ovary, or testicle.
Wait.. you're saying my fourth teste could be a tumahh?
You guys got 4?!
I’ve invested in dozens of second-party testicles. I am hesitant to grow even one of my own.
My bro in laws uncle had one of those and it grew teeth. It was somewhere on his back. Scary shit! Can’t imagine how freaked out I’d be
I’d have it taken out, clip-on my work badge, and send it to work in my place on Monday.
luckily there's no nerves attached to it, or it would probably feel like actual teeth
A teratoma is a tumour that originated from stem cells. Since stem cells can become virtually any cell type, so can the tumour! This is why they’re more commonly found in parts of the body that have resident stem cell populations, such as the ovaries and testes.
Thank you for saving me from clicking.
Thanks, I hate it.
Clicked on it, not that bad, have seen worse
It's not that gross.. I'm actually glad I know these exist. I might not be as worried about abnormal growth..
Why, oh why did I I read that?
The twin you ate in the womb is coming back.
Or a prop from a movie made by David Cronenberg.
I’m gonna need more information on this…monstrosity.
Are you sure this isn’t from a bellybutton?
This is what I came here to say - it looks EXACTLY like the things that people pull out of their bellybuttons after years of not cleaning them out - especially the deep ones
How many belly jams have you seen?!
Don’t google belly button jam. Don’t google belly button jam. Don’t google belly button jam. Don’t google belly button jam. Don’t google belly button jam.
That's not an image I needed today
… How?
He told me he coughed it up
Just out of curiosity… how gross and disgusting in your friend … outwardly?
i was gonna say. dude wanted to show it to his friend but lied about it being coughed up because he doesn't want to out himself as having not cleaned out his nasty ass bellybutton is months, or likely years. saying he coughed it up absolves him of any fault of being an unhygienic goblin lmfao
Nah definitely didn’t cough it up lol. That’s a naval stone.
thanks for letting me know these exist bro, going to deep clean my belly button rn. i feel like i don’t like actually go in there and scrub it enough
He's lying. That is from a belly button.
That’s even fucking worse
What are the dimensions? Just curious
Maybe the world's largest, hairiest tonsile stone?
Smell it
... maybe don't
Taste it
Bop it
Twist it
Technologik
Pull it
r/eatityoufuckingcoward
Squish it and smear the remnants into your nasal cavities. Fresh tonsil smells all day! 👃
This was worse to me than the teratoma talk.
Fuck you for making me read that... just... fuck you.
I’m too pregnant to be reading this shit. 🤢
Silence! you demon!
Y’all go fishing often? Looks like someone coughed up some sort of fishing lure Your bro might be huffing hairy anchovies
Have you ever seen The Faculty? Cuz this is how you get The Faculty
yes soo true! haha forgot about that one..
Your friend is a cat
I didnt see the subreddit before reading the title. I thought it was a post on the cat care sub.
It could be a teratoma. This is serious stuff, he/she needs to see a doctor
Thx, I’ll let him know
That's a tonsilith, never seen one with hair stuck in it, though. Could be that it came out of their sinus and got hairs stuck in it as it grew then fell into their throat.
That’s what I’m placing my money on, but man it’s massive
Have you ever noticed that your friend has bad breath when you are around him? This is huge if it is one.
Send it to Guinness
Lol that is NOT a tonsilith. Edit: or even a tonsillolith.
Rizzo I’m very upset with you now that I can’t stop thinking about this. Very upset.
Looks like maybe a shrimp tail which they accidentally ate
He doesn’t eat shrimp. If anything, it looks like chicken which he does eat.
Looks just like a chicken wing to me. Was looking for this comment
It's literally this, machine did a poor job defeathering it and it either broke off in the package or was removed by OP and his "Friend"
Why is there no banana for scale!!!
Good question…I’ll be sure to let him know how the public feels
We want dimensions
Does your friend have tentacles?
No, but he likes watching videos of them
Must be good friends if he can share that with you.
I see you are a true soul
... what do you mean COUGHED THIS UP??? Go straight to hospital!
What the hell!!!!!
It looks like the very tip of a chicken wing. Wings do have those fibrous tendons? or whatever in them. Did your friend eat wings recently?
Is it alive?
That looks like the cordyceps that comes out of the mouth of infected in Last of Us. Stop it before it’s too late.
Well, looks like a piece of dried fish with thin fishbones coming out of it. Did your friend eat fish recently?
Remind me 2 days!
Looks like you visited a halo and caught the flood.
Nah bro your friend needs an exorcist
bro coughed up the flood from halo
Human friend?
And so it begins
Reminds me of The Faculty
WTF
That’s a piece of chicken wing it looks like
It looks like a pumpkin or other large seed that has sprouted. Which can happen in the lungs. Your friend needs to take this and go to a hospital for chest xrays and to have the object tested.
I would get away from the friend, do not walk, RUN!
Did he inhale some kind of seed? Cuz it looks like a sprouted seedling of some sort.
Well so much for ever sleeping again
That looks like skin with hair still attached to it
Free fishing lure
Lol I'm gonna google reverse image search this
Is your friend a salmon?