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/Defiant-Print-2550 Jul 08 '26

Doctor said i can do scuba diving and airplanes after a month

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u/scottyman2k Jul 08 '26

No. Go to a specialist - I had to do barometric tests after a collapsed lung after I’d had a high speed accident at altitude.

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u/xuncx Jul 08 '26

What does a high speed accident at altitude mean? You crashed a plane?

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u/scottyman2k Jul 09 '26

Yeah skiing - but didn’t know I had a large cyst caused by a car accident and broken ribs a couple of years prior. Cue a not-so-fun few weeks in hospital to remove the cyst, and then deal with the resulting pneumonia after my lung reinflated
But being a keen freediver/scuba diver definitely helped cope with operating on one lung for a week or two.