January 24th 2024.
Mark Ruffalo, the beloved actor known for his roles in films like 13 Going On 30 and Avengers, once had a life-changing experience involving a bizarre dream. At the time, he was 33 years old and his career was just starting to take off. He was also expecting a child with his wife of 24 years, Sunrise Coigney, who was heavily pregnant at the time.
It was in the midst of all this excitement and anticipation that Mark had a very strange dream. He woke up in the middle of the night, at 3am, with a strong feeling that something was wrong. It wasn't just a voice or a feeling, it was like a pure knowledge that he had a brain tumour and needed to act immediately. The dream was so intense and vivid, unlike any other dream he had ever experienced before.
Despite feeling uneasy, Mark tried to brush it off and go back to sleep. But the next day, he couldn't shake off the feeling and decided to visit the doctor, sheepishly explaining his dream. To his surprise, the doctor found a tumour the size of a golf ball in his left ear. It was causing an infection in his ear, which was his only physical symptom.
The doctor immediately booked Mark in for a scan that same day. As he waited for the results, he could hear the doctors discussing in hushed tones. When the doctor finally came in, she had a grave expression on her face. She told Mark that he had a mass the size of a golf ball in his left ear and they needed to do a biopsy to find out what it was.
The Avengers star didn't tell his wife about the tumour until the night before he was scheduled to have it removed. He didn't want to worry her while she was busy preparing for the birth of their child. Luckily, the tumour turned out to be benign, but Mark couldn't shake off the intense feeling of doom that he had experienced in his dream.
The surgery to remove the tumour left Mark completely deaf in his left ear, but he considers himself lucky as it could have been much worse. When he woke up from the surgery, the left side of his face was paralyzed and he couldn't see out of one eye. The doctors had warned him that there was a 20% chance of damaging a nerve and a 70% chance of losing his hearing, which unfortunately did happen.
Thankfully, his face eventually went back to normal and he was able to recover from the ordeal. Looking back, Mark can't help but marvel at the strangeness of the dream that ultimately saved his life. He often jokes about how his wife's initial reaction was to think he was joking, but she quickly burst into tears when she realized the gravity of the situation.
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