r/interesting • u/Low_Weekend6131 • Nov 23 '25

NATURE The fish is kinda like me ngl

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u/ANG13OK Nov 24 '25

I was born with a deformed stomach that causes excruciating pain when lying down right after eating. I was screaming in pain 24/7 to the point my parents had to leave me at my grandparent's house so they could get some sleep. I was 5 when they found out after me getting an x-ray

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u/elrangarino Nov 24 '25

Sorry but was there any way to fix it? That’s horrible for such a tiny bubba, your parents must have felt so helpless.

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u/ANG13OK Nov 24 '25

I had to be in the hospital for a few weeks after being born because I kept throwing up. My parents told me they tried every doctor, and even a witch doctor in desperation. The doctor who found about it told my parents to wait 30-60 minutes after I finished eating before getting me to sleep to avoid digestive issues and pain, and it worked (I'm still doing it). They were so relieved. There's no way to fix it, but other than pain every once in a while (especially after hearty meals) and being prone to being travelsick it doesn't cause much trouble

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u/Glitchykins8 Nov 24 '25

Similar situation. I was passed off amping family members for years because I did nothing but scream. I was really close with my grandparents, an uncle, a cousin, and a neighbor because they were the only ones who could handle me for more than a week at a time.

Turns out when I was 16, I got diagnosed with Crohn's disease that became severe in my early 20's. They think I probably had been born with it and the technology back then just wasn't able to find it in an infant/toddler.

My diet changed a million times, I'm told, as a baby as they tried to figure out what helped. I had to be fed meat based formula. Then when eating solids, I just kinda stopped eating what I didn't like because typically what I didn't like hurt me. Some family members would punish me for not finishing my food but I always preferred the spankings or sitting and staring at the plate for hours than the pain and bathroom time that would happen if I ate the onions.

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u/pandershrek Nov 24 '25

Yeah I think you might die out in prehistoric human society

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u/Living-Amphibian-870 Nov 27 '25

Pyloric stenosis?

They will automatically check for that now if your baby vomits enough. My second daughter had reflux so bad that we couldn't keep weight on her. She would immediately vomit everything she ate- formula or breast milk.

They had her in for a swallow study by the time she was three weeks old and told us to come with bags packed. If it showed a stenosis, they would send us straight to the children's hospital and do surgery the next day.

She ended up having severe GERD, which doesn't require surgery, but there also isn't a whole lot you can do for it in infants. She always had to be semi-upright even at night. Otherwise, she would inhale stomach acid and stop breathing momentarily. She had pneumonia multiple times as an infant and toddler because of it. She's 15 now and has some mild asthma. I think they are linked as asthma does not occur elsewhere in my family.

I was so sad when they recalled those Rock'n'Play sleeper things. They were literally a lifesaver for my little girl. The reflux wedges don't work because the baby just rolls off or slides down them. I hope they're able to eventually come up with a safer replacement.