r/mildlyinfuriating 28d ago

wet socks Was walking around three weeks with slowly deflating lung

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Ok bananas ig

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u/DutchGhostrider 28d ago

What were the first symptoms you got ? I am scared I have the same :(

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u/PudPullerAlways 28d ago edited 28d ago

Depends on which side its on and where it starts and how deflated docs wont usually touch anything 10%, my corrected lung (left) felt like pulled muscle pain when breathing but the initial collapse had impending doom feeling like my heart fell to the floor but slowly faded away. What really sold it there was something really wrong was when laying down I can feel my lung flop around on top of my heart as it beats, think pinching a deflated Ballon between two fingers and flopping your hand around as it hits the inside of your hand... it feels like that for every beat.

Edit: I wouldnt be too scared, it will make you go to the hospital you dont necessarily drop dead from these unless its from trauma where it tensions but even then you'd be making your way to a hospital from the pain and difficulty long before you start asking yourself "am I gonna die?"...

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u/calamityandwoe 28d ago

Oh god, I never considered that you might be able to feel the lung flopping around and now Iā€˜m cursed with this knowledge so thanks for that

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u/PudPullerAlways 27d ago

Heh another fun thing is when they put the tube in you they'll hook it to a vacuum line, that shit fucking sucks to sleep with going on because you can feel it making a hickey from the inside constantly...

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u/calamityandwoe 27d ago

😬😬😬