My ex significant other contacted me to tell me he had cancer and was going for lung surgery the next day. He usually wasn’t manipulative and was rather straight forward so I obviously had no reason to think he made it up. I thought he was scared and I was the person he wanted to tell, we’ve been together for so long as a family so I could kind of understand. But the time frame was suspicious to me...It happened shortly after he found out I got engaged.

Long story short he NEVER had cancer and had no surgeries scheduled whatsoever. I was appalled he stooped that low trying to get my sympathy for something FAKE. Then I thought he was likely intoxicated when he contacted me. He’d not make crap up sober. I wonder if your soon to be ex gets under the influence: I don’t know if he drinks but he uses weed and heavier drugs of his choice and then he goes on these rampages.

Who in their clear state of mind would be telling soon to be ex or ex that they are getting covid test. Who cares. Everyone gets covid tests. And low oxygen level could mean anything.

He probably has no money for movers because he spent 900 you gave him on drugs or other non essential stuff like New Year party etc He now needs an excuse why he can’t come get his stuff: he is sick and maybe has covid. It will delay his moving out until he finds other source of money to get movers.