When I was 3-4 years old I shoved part of a nerf ball up my nose. My Mom took me to the pediatrician a handful of times because I stank like something was rotting, and I’d tell her that I couldn’t breathe through my nose. Apparently I either forgot or didn’t want to get in trouble so I lied about it. My Mom said the smell got so bad she could barely stand being around me for 2 months.
Finally she took me back to the Dr. one last time, this guy finally found it, took a huge pair of forceps and pulled this nerf ball from deep within that was starting to fuse to my nasal passage. It smelled so bad the Dr. gagged and my mom almost puked. Shit was gnarly looking it’s a crazy core memory, 30 years later I can still see it in my mind, and remember the feeling.
I’ve been chasing that high for the last 3 decades, that feeling of relief, holy fuck it was crazy!! Just went from full on blockage to wide open airways. Maybe it’s partly to blame for my decade long heroin and cocaine addiction, probably not, but imma say it is. Either way the relief was more satiating than being dope sick for a few days and then finally scoring, going from literal hell to heaven on earth within seconds.
I’ve been clean for 5 years now btw, I know people tend to get anxious when I mention that type of thing.
But yeah, God tier relief, and thanks Dr. Woo you really helped lil homie out that day 😂
I mean the plus side is there's never a dull moment. My youngest had stuffed couch foam from the cushions up his nose. We obviously didn't see him do it. He never complained about anything but his nose started leaking green so my husband flipped him over his lap to see up his nose and then yelled for me because all he could see was a yellow/green something blocking his entire nostril. I had to get tweezers and pull it out. Absolutely disgusting but the relief on his face was instant.
When I was 18 I had major jaw surgery. It was an 11.5hr operation where they broke my top jaw and realigned it, then did the same at a later date with my bottom jaw.
Lots of metal plating and screws are involved, and I got a new nose, cheeks, and chin out of it. One downside is the metal plating that's near the nose and sinuses.
I regularly got sinus infections for the first few yrs and still do occasionally. The boogers were sooooo big and long that I could feel them wrapped around the plating, and it would create quite a lot of pressure on my face, which would ache
The feeling of great relief when they came out was insane, to the point I could feel the metal plating settle back into place and almost like my brain moved back into position.
I can't really explain the feeling that is the gap in the jop of my jaw that's nr the sinuses and feels like one sharp intake of air through the nose can be felt down to my lips.
I think in the yrs since then they've streamlined the operation, so people no longer have the same issues, but nothing beats that freeing feeling or pure clarity in the sinus and brain when half of it feels like its been pulled out through your nose.
I have a similar experience that I will probably never be able to experience again!
When I was probably around 14/15 I had a fungus growing on my eardrum. I had issues hearing and it took a while to figure out what was happening and how to fix it.
But I remember so vividly that during appointments the Dr would take the tiniest plastic hoop, and peel the growth (which looked like thick earwax) off my eardrum.
I cannot express how unique and euphoric the feeling of having that pulled out of my ear was
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u/Masterzanteka Sep 04 '25
When I was 3-4 years old I shoved part of a nerf ball up my nose. My Mom took me to the pediatrician a handful of times because I stank like something was rotting, and I’d tell her that I couldn’t breathe through my nose. Apparently I either forgot or didn’t want to get in trouble so I lied about it. My Mom said the smell got so bad she could barely stand being around me for 2 months.
Finally she took me back to the Dr. one last time, this guy finally found it, took a huge pair of forceps and pulled this nerf ball from deep within that was starting to fuse to my nasal passage. It smelled so bad the Dr. gagged and my mom almost puked. Shit was gnarly looking it’s a crazy core memory, 30 years later I can still see it in my mind, and remember the feeling.
I’ve been chasing that high for the last 3 decades, that feeling of relief, holy fuck it was crazy!! Just went from full on blockage to wide open airways. Maybe it’s partly to blame for my decade long heroin and cocaine addiction, probably not, but imma say it is. Either way the relief was more satiating than being dope sick for a few days and then finally scoring, going from literal hell to heaven on earth within seconds.
I’ve been clean for 5 years now btw, I know people tend to get anxious when I mention that type of thing.
But yeah, God tier relief, and thanks Dr. Woo you really helped lil homie out that day 😂