What Oprah's Recent Medical Scare Taught Her
Number one? Don't Google your symptoms.
Photo: Ruven Afanador
I recently had a health scare. It was an ordinary Friday morning. Standing at the stove, stirring scrambled eggs in a skillet, I turned to get a pinch of salt and noticed a bit of soreness in my neck. The area under the left side of my chin felt tender. In the mirror, I could see it was swollen. By the time I finished making breakfast, the swelling had increased. It looked like a goiter that had come out of nowhere.
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