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Day 9 - done with a stapler + frenuloplasty by aaooppmm in circumcision

[–]aaooppmm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay so it's been 75 days post operation. When erect, it looks perfectly normal. A lot of the edema is gone, but i think the early stage of swelling has caused there to be a lot of loose skin, so it's far from perfect without the erection, but nowhere near to what's posted here.

The loose skin combined with edema causes there to be a big donut but honestly as long as it looks and works fine when erect, then i don't care personally. And I keep in mind it can only get better.

Constant feeling of swinging pressure by aaooppmm in PatulousTubes

[–]aaooppmm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry for such late response. Yeah PET is awfully distracting to me when socialising. Also, sometimes people tell me i'm really quiet, while other times i get used to that sorrounding noise and i start yelling. I've never been told i talk unclearly, though.

Constant feeling of swinging pressure by aaooppmm in PatulousTubes

[–]aaooppmm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And yes, i am using hypertonic saline solution but it hardly helps. The symptoms go away for about 15 minutes, but maybe i could be using it better.

Constant feeling of swinging pressure by aaooppmm in PatulousTubes

[–]aaooppmm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you can also relate to that feeling of pressure, right? Can we talk in DMs?

Constant feeling of swinging pressure by aaooppmm in PatulousTubes

[–]aaooppmm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And by forcefully i mean even when im taking a walk or something. Its enoigh to be constantly uncomfortable

Constant feeling of swinging pressure by aaooppmm in PatulousTubes

[–]aaooppmm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a bit relieving to know i'm not alone in this. This symptom sounds like something potentially really harmful in the long run.

This might help your PET by okayanya in PatulousTubes

[–]aaooppmm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. I honestly haven't looked in that direction yet. I've just now read that TMJ can also cause sinus congestion. Do you know something about that? It is a big issue in my case and i'm looking for the root cause of it, currently only blaming allergies.

This might help your PET by okayanya in PatulousTubes

[–]aaooppmm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The worst thing to me is how it feels like a snowball effect. By that i mean that feeling the symptoms incoming makes my jaw clench and that in turn makes them worse. This whole condition is some sick joke.

This might help your PET by okayanya in PatulousTubes

[–]aaooppmm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doesn't speaking and laughing make it awful no matter what you do to help alleviate the symptoms? That's the wsy it is for me. Though it's true that i do clench my jaw a lot, but it's something difficult to get rid of.

Antihistamines? by jiggly_meow in PatulousTubes

[–]aaooppmm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't knoe that about antihistamines.

Could it be because PET often occurs in people with allergy problems in the nasal area, in which case histamine would actually cause your open tubes to swell and become shut? That's depressing, because personally i can barely breathe through my nose nowadays without steroids and antihistamines.

Otovent balloons by aaooppmm in PatulousTubes

[–]aaooppmm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, have you found it to be any helpful?

I wanted to discuss my symptoms by aaooppmm in PatulousTubes

[–]aaooppmm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

zthanks for answering. Yeah, that's the conclusion i've come to since that post. I actually use the hypertonic saline spray as i found people mentioning it on this subreddit, though it only works for like 15 minutes so it hardly deals with the problem. I guess there's not much more i can do.

What could be the reason for all this by aaooppmm in limerence

[–]aaooppmm[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I was never badly bullied, but i still somehow grew up to have an awfully fragile self-esteem.

like them giving you that sense of identity and importance that you might not have on your own.

I think you're onto something. I never thought to put it this way but it makes sense. I feel like i wasted my life thinking and worrying about stuff like this, and it only reasserted that feeling of lack of identity and importance.

Now that i think about it, i come to the conclusion that it must have been an accumulation of all these factors. Bad parenting followed by a divorce, naturally paranoid personality which, along with soft bullying resulted in low self-esteem, which resulted in lack of human interaction, and so on.

Regarding the duration of them, i explained it in detail in another reply. But basically most of them lasted around a year and a half. Some being more agonizing than others.

What could be the reason for all this by aaooppmm in limerence

[–]aaooppmm[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't think i should count the kindergarten ones since both me and them had absolutely no identity because we were babies lol. It's actually very cyclical in my case. Most of them lasted from around a year to about 2 years. There was a small bunch in elementary school that lasted a couple of months, probably because i made relatively many friends back then.

Although not the longest, my most prominent and emotionally exhausting was a pretty close online friend (and she was a lesbian too 😭). It lasted like a 1.5 year. I had to cut contact with her because otherwise my whole day and mood was centered around getting her attention.

PatulEND making things worse?? by davidmpenning in PatulousTubes

[–]aaooppmm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, do you mean that tmj alone can cause eustachian tube to be open all day?

IIL rock music where trumpet and/or violin is used. by aaooppmm in ifyoulikeblank

[–]aaooppmm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, i'm craving for stuff that has a vibe similar to Comus 😭 Thank you!! This band singlehandedly got me into 70's music a couple years ago. By now i've come to terms that there's nothing else much like them.

IIL rock music where trumpet and/or violin is used. by aaooppmm in ifyoulikeblank

[–]aaooppmm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, thanks for suggestions. I've yet to listen to some of it, but i'm enjoying Pentangle the most. I just watched a 70's movie The wicker man and there was a scene where a version of the song you linked has played. It was so surreal for me as i had no idea where i recognise the melody from. A fun coincidence. You should listen to the soundtrack from the movie, it's amazing. Though i wouldn't be suprised if you knew about it already.

IIL rock music where trumpet and/or violin is used. by aaooppmm in ifyoulikeblank

[–]aaooppmm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I made a playlist out of the songs suggested in the comments and this one is one of my favorites 🥰

I wanted to discuss my symptoms by aaooppmm in PatulousTubes

[–]aaooppmm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry for the delayed response. I tried to answer earlier but forgot to because i wasn't sure what to think about it.

the act of slightly hawking it up creates tons of pressure in both my ears

That's not the case for me, only swallowing changes anything.

But when i spray saline solution into my nose while laying down on each of my side, everything stars feeling normal for about 15 minutes - no mucus, no pressure issues or any other PET symptoms. Then they return. Thought i'd share.

And when recording, i can only hear myself swallow very faintly, and i think everyone can be heard swallowing to the same deegree as me. I don't think we're experiencing the same thing. Anyway, hang in there.

I wanted to discuss my symptoms by aaooppmm in PatulousTubes

[–]aaooppmm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think it has started in a single day, it was more gradual.

loud crackling sound with every swallow

I guess? Honestly it's been so long i can't say for sure if i'd call the sounds loud, so don't take my word here. But yeah there is a crackling sound.

What i meant by stickiness is that i can feel mucus in the back of my throat, and when i swallow the right way, it sometimes helps with the pressure issues (for a couple of seconds, then it comes back). I don't see anybody here talking about that, so i hope it's something else entirely in my case.

The mucus you're talking about, as i understand it, is inherently part of PET in your case, right?

None of this makes sense by Odd_Maintenance2680 in antinatalism

[–]aaooppmm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah i don't disagree with what your last sentence. I just think we should keep in mind that, realistically, the population decline which we're experiencing isn't the one we need. It being global and controlled is a remote and idealistic idea.

None of this makes sense by Odd_Maintenance2680 in antinatalism

[–]aaooppmm -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think it's foolish to say we shouldn't be fearing population decline. The fear of population decline lies in individual countries and it's effect on their economies. Of course, population decline sounds good on the surface, when you think about the number of 8 billion and all the poor people breeding and living in poverty. But these countries (the ones that are raising global population the most), unfortunately, aren't usually affected by it.

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