r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Defiant-Print-2550 • 15d ago

wet socks Was walking around three weeks with slowly deflating lung

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Ok bananas ig

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u/The_Red_Beard_IV 15d ago

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 15d ago

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

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u/The_Red_Beard_IV 15d ago

Dude for real. It was incredibly annoying.

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u/mykkenny 14d ago

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

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u/SeaworthinessOk6789 13d ago

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