A woman relieved after a "brain tumor" turns out to be a parasite

Upper East Side, Manhattan – "The good news is that I do not have cancer."

This news is also surprising, because the doctors of a New York hospital thought exactly the opposite until last September, when the neurosurgeons opened the skull of Rachel Palma.

They expected to find a malignant tumor in the brain. Instead, they found a parasite.

"We were delighted," said Dr. Jonathan Rasouli. "We were, like, applauding and applauding.We were so happy … When we walked in there and saw that it was a lone worm, we said to ourselves" Yes! & # 39; We were so happy. "

It's in January 2018 that strange things began to happen for this 42-year-old young man.

She would suddenly fall off her cup of coffee. She could not remember the words. She tried to call dead parents.

After countless doctor visits and numerous brain scans, problem specialists uncovered the problem and developed a plan of attack: a three-hour surgery.

The big mystery of this story is how the parasite got there. Palma said that she has never traveled outside of the United States. She does not remember eating uncooked meat and, frankly, she gave up trying to find an answer.

"I stopped asking questions and I started celebrating and making the most of life because in an instant it can be removed."

The doctors said that they had known that it was a worm and not a tumor causing all the problems, maybe that a strong dose of antibiotics would have served as a cure.

But that does not put in phase Palma.

"There is no doubt in my mind that they saved my life," she said. "And they made me my life."