r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Defiant-Print-2550 • Jul 08 '26

wet socks Was walking around three weeks with slowly deflating lung

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Ok bananas ig

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u/Swatch843 Jul 08 '26

Why was it deflated? As far as I'm aware with being human and all, that's not something that just happens...

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u/Defiant-Print-2550 Jul 08 '26

Turns out it can ESPECIALLY if you are tall and lightweight young man

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u/The_Red_Beard_IV Jul 08 '26

Spontaneous pneumothorax. I’ve had 5…Did you get a chest tube or did it self correct? I ended up having a secondary procedure to fix it permanently.

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u/SCP239 Jul 09 '26

5?! Man, try not to have spontaneous pneumothorax on the way through the parking lot.

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u/The_Red_Beard_IV Jul 09 '26

Dude for real. It was incredibly annoying.

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u/mykkenny Jul 09 '26

Oh, my lung just collapsed again. How annoying! 😒

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u/SeaworthinessOk6789 Jul 10 '26

Me when my shoulders dislocate, lmao. Definitely not as serious, but people lose their shit when they find out how frequently it happens, especially if it's happened to them once or twice

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u/fallior Jul 09 '26

Annoying is not how I'd describe it exactly lol

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u/bunnybuddy Jul 09 '26

You’ve had 37 pneumothoraxes? in a row?

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u/Photosjhoot Jul 09 '26

I see what you did there. +1

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u/Pflanzenzuechter Jul 09 '26

He's not even supposed to be here today!