• Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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    I thought I was a little weird, but mostly normal for 40 years.

    Turns out I’m only normal enough to fit in, but mostly weird.

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    I dont have the ability to burp. Didnt think it was that big of a deal until recently learning its a condition called R-CPD and is directly responsible for the stomach problems I’ve had all my life

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    I have had the opposite impressions. Many people think what they happen to them is unique, until they start talking about it and many people around them is the same.

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      Growing up with the internet I have always felt the opposite. If you think or feel something, millions of others have too.

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    Turns out that being so nervous about any kind of change in your life to the point you get physically ill is NOT normal.

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    I have several breathing problems with my nose and some inside bits. I always just thought breathing with your mouth was considerably easier, but people can’t do it because it’s not elegant.

    Now I’m trying to get the surgery covered

  • 7uWqKj@lemmy.world
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    Yes, because the definition of normal is “within this many standard deviations from the average”, and people consider themselves average until learning otherwise.

  • Regna@lemmy.world
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    Well, my popping kidney cysts certainly didn’t feel normal. But my doctor told me it wasn’t unusual, and just to deal with it with some meds.

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        We discovered I had some kidney cysts. Which isn’t unusual, fairly normal above a certain age apparently.

        One had previously burst (during a time when I thought it was overexertion during ten days hiking a trail) and had left scarring. As I had had no complications (other than three days of constantly feeling like someone kept stabbing my back), it was considered normal and had resolved without any other complications than some scarring.

        The other popped recently, and it felt like someone had stabbed me in my sleep, it jolted me awake, hurt like hell and then I had bloody urine with clots. Was scary, but once I went through ultrasound and cat-scans it was deemed as not all that unusual and not to worry. I am now on antibiotics and oxy, with a follow up visit later this week once my blood results come back.

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    I stop hiccuping when I realize I’m doing it, and sneeze more than 3 times in a row. I feel like my hiccup and sneeze wires were crossed somewhere.