• AA5B@lemmy.world
        4·
        5 days ago

        Seriously. I’m almost jealous of those who can simply get surgery to fix one side. Roll over to the other side and hope I get to sleep before the other one plugs and I have to do it all over again

        On the other hand when my ex recovered after having it done it was freaky how much gauze came out of her head

        • Countess425@lemmy.world
          3·
          5 days ago

          The gauze packing sounds like surgery for sinusitis, not a deviated septum. My brother had that done like 20 years ago and he still talks about having trauma from the pain of having it all removed.

          Apparently it is borderline torture, and medical practice and technology has advanced to where nobody should be doing that anymore.

  • Countess425@lemmy.world
    43·
    6 days ago

    I read somewhere on Reddit or somewhere way back when about The nasal cycle where one nostril sort of constricting (just due to blood flow and normal sinus congestion) allows for optimal air flow and moisture in our nostrils.

    The poster also said that if this regular nasal cycle resulted in being unable to breathe on one side, consistently, you have a deviated septum. I don’t know if that’s 100% true, but I 100% had a deviated septum.

      • Countess425@lemmy.world
        3·
        5 days ago

        Omg going into surgery my doctor told me I wouldn’t need them so it was quite a surprise when they came out!

        And yeah, it was hella weird. But I had probably the best sleep ever that night.

        • peopleproblems@lemmy.world
          1·
          5 days ago

          There was nothing like it.

          However, that weekend I got ill. Ended up in the the ER with IV antibiotics, they couldn’t see it on an X-ray, but I hand pneumonia. Thankfully those antibiotics cleared it completely in 5ish days but damn, there’s not many times when you get taken by ambulance from one doctor office to another lol

    • uniquethrowagay@feddit.org
      6·
      6 days ago

      My septum is very much deviated. I thought it’s normal that I can’t breathe half of the time. Turns out it’s not normal and can be treated

      • Countess425@lemmy.world
        3·
        5 days ago

        Imo it’s probably one of the best things I’ve ever done for my body that wasn’t diet/exercise related. It was annoying and uncomfortable and being on downers always makes me a wreck, but once that fog cleared and my stents came out, I slept infinitely better, the orbital bones below my eye sockets aren’t constantly sore, I don’t take a constant stream of OTC allergy/sinus meds, and now, when I do take meds (very seldom - I think there were two days in the last year and a half that my post nasal drip needed help) they actually work.

        I also had the procedure where they burn away a bit of the insides of your sinuses if they’re too swollen. I don’t remember what it’s called anymore.

        • lovely_reader@lemmy.world
          1·
          5 days ago

          They burn it?? Balloon sinuplasty kinda squishes it back down or something but I haven’t heard about the burning procedure, eek

          • Countess425@lemmy.world
            1·
            5 days ago

            I looked it up. It’s called a bilateral turbinate reduction. They don’t burn anything, but they cut and scrape and shave down the turbinates in the nasal cavity.

          • TheKracken@lemmy.world
            1·
            5 days ago

            Just had it done 3 weeks ago. Very much with it. Still recovering but like 90% healed and it’s night and day. The worst part is the stents in your nostrils the first week. After that it just gets better and better.

        • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
          13·
          6 days ago

          The human body mostly is IMO, especially mine.

          Sure, some of them are gorgeous to look at, but they’re buggy as hell, many of the processes don’t make sense at all, and the hardware breaks down easily if you’re not privileged enough to be able to spend a lot of time, effort, and money maintaining it.

          • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.caEnglish
            8·
            6 days ago

            The warranty sucks too. I can never get a reply from the support team.

            I need an RMA, this unit has been defective since day 1.

          • AA5B@lemmy.world
            2·
            5 days ago

            I’m not even sure they’re gorgeous to look at. We just think they are. That really seems like a cheap workaround to another design flaw

            • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
              3·
              5 days ago

              I’m not even sure they’re gorgeous to look at. We just think they are

              Literally the only way anything can be gorgeous: someone thinking it is.

              You’re trying to disprove the inherently subjective 😄

        • f314@lemmy.world
          9·
          6 days ago

          To be fair, it’s not designed at all. The human body is just a result of a very long string of accidental changes that made it just a bit less likely to die more likely to reproduce.

        • OminousOrange@lemmy.ca
          6·
          6 days ago

          It’s for humidification of the nose and increases the range of smells one is able to smell. What in particular is a bad design about that?

        • remotelove@lemmy.ca
          3·
          6 days ago

          It’s one of the better bad designs, in some cases. Something, something self-regulating air flow. Even a broken clock is right twice a day, I suppose.

          If there was any intelligence involved in our design, it was similar to a kid buying aftermarket parts for his car on eBay that then strapped them to one or two bits of ultra high grade equipment. The end result is something like a nice Supra that drives around town making weird farting noises.

      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
        10·
        6 days ago

        I still have a hard time believing that they ever showed that episode to kids on purpose and that Ringo Starr agreed to do that one 😬😄

        • The Octonaut@mander.xyz
          20·
          6 days ago

          I think there’s some useful context, if not a good defence of this story.

          It’s one of the original stories told by Reverend Awdry told to his 2 year old, measles-ridden child in 1942 war-era England (Wait, is this making it worse?).

          Awdry would sing/recite old poems to Christopher, who then pressed him for further details that turned into a story.

          For example, the opening of that episode of Thomas features the Limerick that prompted the story, which was around at least since 1902:

          In the original story by Awdry, there is only a single tunnel, and the train is completely blocking the line and essentially ruining a business. So stubborn is the engine, that they have to dig a new tunnel beside the old one. The rails are removed and “a wall” are placed in front of the tunnel, for safety - to prevent trains literally running into the wrong tunnel and crashing. The Fat Director/Controller is also pretty unsympathetic deliberately - he commands people to push and pull the train out without success, but doesn’t himself help - “My doctor has forbidden me to push”. However the original books follow the realities of steam engine and railway operation far more closely than the TV series did (and as a result, the original series, closer to the books, were far more realistic than the later ones).

          As portrayed in the TV show it definitely comes off more villainous. But in the original telling we have to take away 70 years of Thomas trains having faces, personalities, relationships and familiarity. When originally told, the Henry story didn’t even take place in the same “universe” - there was just 3 abstract stories about trains, loosely based on old rhymes and news stories.

          • ArxCyberwolf@lemmy.ca
            6·
            5 days ago

            A lot of people not familiar with Thomas also don’t realize Henry is let out of the tunnel in the following episode of the TV series. Many people think Henry really was bricked up for always, and always, and always. But the truth is that it was to teach Henry a lesson for letting his vanity cause significant problems for the entire island.

            To expand on that point, Sir Topham Hatt isn’t being cruel (though as you mentioned he’s not exactly being nice either), he’s punishing an engine for jeopardizing the entire railway and putting the livelihoods of all of the other engines and employees at risk. The main line is critical for the railway’s operation, as without it, there’s no Express, no access to branch lines, and no way to deliver goods and passengers. Without a railway, they’d be out of a job and possibly scrapped, a fate that most engines outside of Sodor meet. And in addition to that, the island of Sodor is heavily reliant on the railway to function and is a major employer in the region. The railway going under would cause economic havok for the whole island. Topham knows this and had to take drastic measures to teach Henry the error of his ways.

    • peopleproblems@lemmy.world
      8·
      6 days ago

      Weird. I checked with my brother too, because I remember this episode.

      We both remember very specifically that the moral of the story was being afraid of something small and harmless can prevent you from enjoying anything else.

      This is extremely true of fear. The other mantra I remember that also says this is from Dune (a little paraphrased): “I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will let it wash over me and through me. And when it had gone past, I will turn the inner eye and see that along its path there is nothing. Only I will remain.”

      • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
        1·
        4 days ago

        Another lesson is that others will only have so much patience for dealing with your fears. Before they make a brick wall to trap you in a tunnel. So avoid tunnels at all costs if you have fears.

  • ChowJeeBai@lemmy.world
    9·
    5 days ago

    It’s so annoying that when you roll over to get comfortable, they just swap blockages, with a side of temporary dual blockage for good measure.

    • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
      1·
      4 days ago

      I’m not sure if the other option (a moment of both being clear) is much better or just a teasing reminder of what it’s like to breathe clearly again.

  • over_clox@lemmy.world
    52·
    6 days ago

    I have a similar problem with my buttplug.

    The only difference is the holes in the wall when I fart…