Patients whose symptoms go misdiagnosed until it is too late have some of the most terrible medical instances. Do they have access to the treatment they require? Even when something nasty is discovered by chance during a regular check-up or test, there can be bigger mysteries at play. One patient, a woman only known as ‘A.B.,’ continues to baffle doctors throughout the world. This woman was diagnosed with a brain tumor after hearing voices in her head tell her she had one. The woman claims that the voice also returned after her surgery and told her, “we are pleased to have helped you, goodbye.”
A.B. was born in Europe in the 1940s and relocated to the U.K. roughly two decades later. She married and had a family there, leading a normal and healthy life until 1984. From this year onwards, she began hearing the voices in her head that would ultimately save her life.
One night in the winter of 1984, as A.B. was reading, she heard a voice in her head that sounded nothing like her own. The voice gave her was an audible warning by saying: “Please don’t be afraid. I know it must be shocking for you to hear me speaking to you like this, but this is the easiest way I could think of. My friend and I used to work at the Children’s Hospital, Great Ormond Street, and we would like to help you.”
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A.B.’s doctor recommended seeking medical treatment at a mental facility since she was clearly affected by the encounter. After a few weeks, A.B. decided to take a relaxing vacation because the voices hadn’t returned. However, the voices weren’t done talking to her.
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She heard them once more while she was out of the country. They begged her to return to London immediately, claiming that she had a medical issue that needed to be addressed immediately. They’d even given her a specific address to go to when she got back to the country!
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A.B. was instructed by the voices to go to the address, which turned out to be the London hospital. The voices also told her to get a brain scan since she had a brain tumor and an inflamed brain stem. She and the hospital staff were skeptical at first because she showed no signs of any symptoms. However, arrangements had been made for the expensive treatment and tests.
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The Royal Free Hospital did indeed find a tumor in her brain, and emergency surgery to remove it was carried out without a hitch. It’s hard to believe that these mysterious voices were aware of A.B.’s tumor and alerted her to it long before her doctors could have. But how is it possible that strange voices in her head saved her life?
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A.B. received a brief message once her surgery was completed. This time they said: “We are pleased to have helped you. A.B.” After that, she never heard from the voices again after they said their goodbyes in this manner.
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It is an intriguing narrative, which fluctuates from person to person, yet there’s some truth behind it. When Dr. Ikechukwu Azuonye of the British Medical Journal recounted the story in a British Medical Journal article, it wasn’t just an Internet creepypasta story. So, the real question is: What exactly happened? Is there any logical explanation for this phenomenon? A.B. was convinced she had a personal guardian angel, but the reality may have been more straightforward.
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In 2017, a woman from Switzerland in her forties reported hearing voices from above, which ordered her to give herself as a divine offering. She repeatedly stabbed herself as a result of their orders. After analyzing this unusual and disturbing case, psychiatrists revealed that a tumor growing in her brain had influenced her thinking all her life. Patients may hear voices for short periods of time or in vivid detail, depending on the region of the brain affected by the tumor.
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At the ages of 13, 23, 32, and 41, this woman reported hearing these divine voices and feeling a flood of religious emotion each time. After she had recovered from her injuries, she underwent an MRI scan, which discovered a tumor that may have been there since she was a toddler.
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Is A.B.’s situation similar? Is it possible that her brain tumor caused her to hear voices that alerted her about it? A case like this has never been seen before in medical history, although it is possible. After all, the voices were reported to have vanished once the operation was completed, and A.B. had no further problems.
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A.B. attended a conference with Dr. Azuonye, where she learned about various possibilities. It was even suggested that A.B. may have concocted the fantastical tale while in Europe and then traveled to the U.K. to take advantage of the National Health Service’s free treatment. Although A.B. had lived in the country for more than 10 years prior to hearing the voices, that idea seems to be out of the question.
Dr. Azuonye personally supported the idea that the voices were a symptom of her tumor or that she was aware that something was wrong within herself. The possibility that A.B.’s life was spared by something supernatural or extraordinary cannot be ruled out as well. Still, there is no way of knowing for certain.
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