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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/irdfhtyh on 2026-01-11 20:19:13+00:00.
Obligatorily this didn't just happen today, in fact it has happened many times.
I have pretty severe seasonal allergies and so I have been taking a treatment to hopefully make me immune. For this I have to take a pill that prevents me from talking for a minute twice a day, which is pretty noticeable so people often ask me what it is. To which I usually respond "it's immunotherapy". Because that's what it's called, allergy immunotherapy. But apparently that's not the kind most people think of when you say immunotherapy. People are more familiar with the cancer treatment type of immunotherapy. Which does explain the oddly concerned "what for???" I often get in return and the apparent relief when I say "oh just seasonal allergies". It does make me wonder how many people didn't ask and now believe I'm taking immunotherapy for cancer or something else bad.. Woops..
Tl:dr: by saying I'm taking immunotherapy I've made people think I'm taking it as cancer treatment instead of the allergy immunotherapy that I'm taking