Overlooked the papers the guy next to me on the plane had, and it was tough..

I guess I’m too curious, I noticed the guy next to me was reading some paperwork so I glanced while pretending to continue watching a movie and I started to piece together a whole thing and then I felt really bad for him…

First it was a printed email from a clinic saying he owed around $600 for an appointment, it picqued my curiosity

Then he got a piece of paper with some handwritten numbers, and I saw the same $600 being added to other stuff totalling around $5k, it mentioned scans and surgery

Then further down it added some more items and it was $42k…

He took out his phone and started looking at photos and screenshots, one was of turmeric-based medicines – and he’d zoom into the prices (around $50). I’ve heard people talk about turmeric for cancer so I started fearing the worst…

He scrolled to chatgpt screenshots, at this point I was really struggling to not be too obvious cause I was invested..!
They were chats about cancer rellapses, asking whether it was typical after 8 years free of it 🙁

Then a final screenshot was a doctors report, his mrn, some notes, and there it was, a cancer diagnosis

He then opened an ad for a rental flat in the UK, so I thought that maybe he was trying to move for free healthcare?

Idk, it felt surreal to see all these details connecting, a bit like reading a dark novel but the main character was right next to you…

I saw him at the baggage pickup and thought about saying something, “I hope everything goes well”, but didn’t want him to think I was creepy so just left

Hope he makes it…