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[-] PostnataleAbtreibung@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago
[-] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 16 points 1 week ago

Spent it in the hospital, drugged with some morphine shit that wasn't actually powerful enough to take away the pain.

Pancreatitis is no joke, kids.

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago
[-] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 7 points 1 week ago

That's a story and a half

In early 2020, after 5 years and 3 separate doctors I figured out why my belly hurt all the time. It was crohn's disease. But hey, good news, I could start treatment!

The first treatment we attempted, because we had to, was Azathioprine. It is provided freely by our government's free healthcare service, and it works for a lot of people.

Well it did put the crohn's into remission. After a month I took my first normal shit in eeeeh nine years?

Small problem, it was too toxic for my body and my pancreas rioted.

Anyway we started with Entyvio after I got over the pancreatitis, it is not provided by the government but my parents' health insurance covers it and we found a way.

[-] Albbi@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

First normal shit in 9 years? That's crazy. You wouldn't even remember what normal was after that long. Must've been quite a relief.

[-] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 4 points 1 week ago

I almost took a photo of it in my phone to tell my friends about my great achievment.

TMI-ish, nastyC.D. shits are insane by the way. When talking to normal people I call it 'diarrhea', but really it's more like vomiting out of your arse.

[-] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

These happened on different years but a really close friend died, one of my grandfathers died and my childhood dog died

[-] Dr_Box@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Had to pay $200 for a covid test because my families insurance had just dropped me because I turned 24

[-] NABDad@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

In the US, the insurance should have continued until 26.

Are you sure your parents didn't drop you and blame the insurance?

Edit: I'm assuming you're in the US because of the lousy healthcare, but I suppose you could be in some other shithole country.

[-] Dr_Box@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah I live in US. It honestly could be my parents but thats what happened sadly

[-] xilophor@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

FYI this doesn't apply to Tricare (military healthcare), it's 21 in that case (with exceptions for full-time students).

[-] aviationeast@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

I was born, and I took great offense at that.

[-] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 10 points 1 week ago

My dad fell quite ill after a blood transfusion (had been fighting CLL for ~25 years). He died 2 days later.

[-] swab148@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago

Damn, reading the comments here really puts things in perspective. I was gonna say something about getting a bunch of Rick and Morty stuff despite having no interest in Rick and Morty, but damn y'all

[-] RobotZap10000@feddit.nl 8 points 1 week ago

Our car burst a tire on the way to the indoor skydiving place. I haven't been there since.

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago

indoor skydiving place

Those exist?

[-] expatriado@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

yea, i'm not big fan, but those places surely have one. anyway, the fact that their tire burst on the way, kinda blows

[-] RobotZap10000@feddit.nl 4 points 1 week ago

It's just a vertical wind tunnel with a net above a grate that you stand on. Once the airspeed reaches ~200km/h you can fall forward and you'll be pushed upwards.

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Oh that's what it was. I thought maybe it was like a really tall building or something, like those ski slopes they have in Dubai because they don't know where to put all their money.

An actual hurricane took out my power for a week and blocked roads near me for days.

[-] dingus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Are you talking hurricane Milton or a different one? I have really not been thorough too many hurricanes, but Milton was absolutely wild to me. Couldn't even get gasoline for a solid week and some people I knew didn't even have drinking water. It felt mildly apocalyptic.

A different one, although I'd prefer not to dox myself. Thankfully we still had running water (although those with well water did not), but I know what you mean about gasoline. The national guard had to be posted at gas stations as they came back online.

[-] Vanth@reddthat.com 7 points 1 week ago

The 9/11 suicide attacks. I didn't know until a couple days later that a relative died during it.

[-] BillTongg@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

My 5th birthday. I had mumps, but my mother had already organised a birthday party for me, so I lay upstairs, confined to bed, listening to a roomful of other kids having fun downstairs.

This was a very long time ago, before children were routinely given the mumps vaccine.

[-] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

My 16th birthday we were on a family vacation. I was upset that day cause I wanted to be with friends, my dad was pissed cause I was unhappy and didn't even tell me happy birthday. Sounds like not that big of a deal but to teen me it was devastating

[-] theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Party was canceled because my grandpa died

[-] jupyter_rain@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 week ago

Had a really bad flu, but was supposed to turn up to my first day of apprenticeship. Awkward enough to be introduced on your birthday, but I also looked and sounded like shit. Could also not relax in the evening, because my now ex had a broken collarbone and could not shower without help, so I had to drive to his flat. He had no one else to help him. Got no thanks for that.

[-] funkajunk@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago
[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

How are you communicating with everyone?

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Ghost in the machine.

[-] Taco2112@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Not as bad as others thankfully but mine is: the world shut down due to a global pandemic.

[-] BugleFingers@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

30+ people invited, 1 showed, mother's friend's kid. (I was ~6-8), parents didn't do birthday parties for me after that. Next birthday get together I had was @16 with 3 friends. I'm not an only child but it was just me in that situation.

I stood up to my then partner's abuse. He told me I had no power and he would make sure I was left with nothing if I ever left him.

I knew if I cried he would use it against me and try to convince me I was crazy and emotional. He would do that so I would know my place. So I held my tears and bit my tongue.

[-] GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago
[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 1 week ago

I don't know yet. It's not until the 23rd.

[-] aislopmukbang@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Grandma died

this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2025
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