My wife and daughters are fans of the TV show Flip or Flop.  The show features a married couple, Tarek and Christina El Moussa, who buy homes, fix them up, and then “flip” or sell them, hopefully for a profit.

This article originally published on September 10, 2013 and found on People magazine, tells the tale of what happened when Ryan Reed, a registered nurse, watched a marathon of the show and noticed something odd on Tarek El Moussa’s neck.

What Mr. Reed noticed may well have saved his life:

Flip or Flop Host Tarek El Moussa Battling Thyroid Cancer

While its great that Mr. El Moussa received the message from Ms. Reed and acted on it, one hopes that anyone who reads this article takes it for the cautionary tale it is.  As noted in the article, even before Ms. Reed contacted him Mr. El Moussa knew something was up with that lump in his neck yet was, until Mr. Reed contacted him, content with one Doctor’s opinion.

The moral of this story is if you feel there is something strange/wrong going on with your body, get it checked out and get a second opinion.  Obviously not everyone has a TV show which allows others to see you and notice oddities which may turn out to be life threatening.

The conclusion to this particular story can be found in the link below.  It features video of Tarek and Christina meeting up with Nurse Ryan on a TV show for the first time:

http://on.aol.com/video/hgtvs-tarek-el-moussa-meets-life-saving-viewer-517931215