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I remember taking an elevator while I had the hiccups and the woman that was already in the elevator got really concerned for me when I said I had them on and off for a few days. She explained that she lost her husband to hiccups. While it seemed crazy, I figured it was probably possible but highly unlikely. Now I feel bad thinking that, considering everything this guy went through. At least he is alive but I hope that lady is ok too.
Don't feel too bad unless you've heard stories, or seen it yourself it does sound like a rather unusual, and unlikely thing to the casual individual. Just send them good fortune, and anyone else who may suffer even if you can't to their face.
The fact that the first doctors were like "meh, I'm out of ideas. I give up" kinda angers me deeply. Sure, they tried a lot of things. But not even thinking about asking colleagues in other lands is proving a lack of dedication to their task.
It's surprisingly common. Ask any disabled or chronically ill person what their experiences with doctors have been like. You become disillusioned by the idea that every doctor is there to help you.
@@eponawarrior7492 yes this exactly. I only got treated because of a fluke, the meds I was taking for something else turned out to be the medicine I needed to treat a worsening condition I'd had for years. I don't think anyone would have figured it out otherwise a
Oh absolutely. I had some pretty bad problems with fatigue. Dr. just chalked it to "stress". I started just googling trying to find some possible causes and asked for more tests at my yearly checkup. Turned out I had a bad vitamin D deficiency. Literally like 50 bucks out of pocket for a routine test solved my problem. Doctors are well versed in medicine, but it's high time they start getting taught problem solving too.
I actually deal with this similar situation. I have hiccups literally EVERY SINGLE DAY. It's been happening for about 7 years for me, however I have nothing particularly wrong with my body. I've gone to many doctors over the years, but all of them say nothing is wrong with me. I'm healthy, young, fit, and yet hiccups get me everyday. At this point, it's just frustrating to deal with, and they always get me in the worst of times. I just hope that what my doctors say is true, and nothing is wrong with me. For now, I guess I'll just wait until they go away.
Just get an mri, I spoke another person suffering the same condition and he found he had MS. His doctors had done the same as mine, as soon as he saw my story and contacted me I told him to get another doctor and show them my story. He now knows what is wrong with him and is on the correct medication to help him.
@@littlemschat1052 I am this guy, and I advised another sufferer who asked for my help and the doctors discovered he had Multiple Sclerosis after getting the MRI.
I really liked your use of black silhouettes with minimal white line art for some of the dramatized scenes. Very well done- I love seeing your art progress as time moves forward. Also, best description of hiccups and why they tend to happen that I've heard in a long time.
@KiloTheNeko Indeed, though even a team can get better over time. I'm simply using the universal "you" to regard everyone involved in the project- they all deserve credit, and whoever is responsible for the silhouettes, single or multiple, they know who they are, and I hope they receive my praise. I'm also referencing the fact that the animation team has already updated their sprites at least once, so progress is welcomed by this viewer, at least. I know it can be a risk to present a large audience with a change, so I want to give them as much support to grow as I can, as opposed to being pigeon-holed into place by people who might not like the change.
Some people don't like how people are often drawn without noses here, but I find it rather endearing. Though I do kinda wonder why Brew's coloring is so washed out compared to everybody else's? Is he a ghost? Is this just what living on coffee does to a (cartoon) person? The world may never know...
I had a surgery like that around my brain stem for a tumor when I was 8, I'm 21 now and I still haven't gotten my left arm back to normal. Glad to see that he's had a more successful recovery
I feel ya. Stroked when I was 8 due to a surgery. Left hand can grab stuff, that's about it. But hey, at least I still manage to play video games :D (albeit, in a slightly diminished capacity). Better than dying though, that's for sure!
15:00 This really made me cry… As a musician myself, (not a very good one) imagining never being able to play again in my entire life is extremely depressing.
@@christamofoaw cute ❤ I can’t believe they didn’t do an mri earlier. I had really bad headaches and pain behind my eyes for a few months and an mri was the first thing my doctor recommended. Thank God it wasn’t a tumour, it was a hormonal imbalance in my body which caused it to
Agreed, he "lost" a tragically long stretch of his life at least in some ways, but he got to experience the best sides of humanity, people all coming together from around the world to try to help, and to laugh along with him to cheer him up at least a bit. And the ending made me tear up, he's not at 100%, but he can do what he loves! That's gotta be worth something, plus the tumor is gone which is also great!
I had hiccups constantly for the first 6 or 7 years of my life. 5 or 6 years in, I kept feeling pain in my body. We were never concerned about the hiccups, and we didn't think they were related. The doctors found out one of my kidneys didn't work. We had a surgery to fix it, and not only did the pain stop, so did the hiccups.
When I was hiking in New Zealand back in 2016, there was a girl who had had the hiccups for a few or several years. I really hope she didn't have a serious health condition.
Long gone are the days of the noseless monstrosities that plagued my nightmares. Loving how the quality of not just content but even the animation seems to always increase!
I’m glad they actually found the reason for his hiccups, but seriously, he could have been spared a lot of suffering if his original doctor just did an mri…
man... as someone with GERD, my reflux is HORRENDOUS, and hiccups make me want to scream bc of painful they can be on an esophagus that's eaten by acid. i'm like huh. hiccups are scary too now i guess. also yea no doctors tell you "no youre gonna be fine" nonstop and then youll get put in the hospital with something that wouldve been totally harmless had they just done one test LOL
I mean doctors told me I was fine and sent me home when I had pneumonia, a fever of 105 and a lung filled with fluid. I have bad luck with doctors. Always get a 2nd opinion.
@@KindJoey636 It's an absolute nightmare, has been for years due to a prolonged influx of mass migration overloading a struggling system. Seeing old people left dying in hospital corridors, getting no help for issues and waiting a year or more to get a simple scan and then 6 months for the results... this is our NHS.
This story is.... Surprisingly heartwarming. I mean, he found his answer thanks to a Japanese TV show after trying an acupuncturist who offered to fly him out for an MRI which ended up saving his life when he finally agreed to it after being in Japan for a bit. And that closing, that certainly brings back all my optimism. I hope he succeeds as a musician!
I can sympathise with this guy. I have hiccups every day of my life save for a handful of days. They came so frequently that I now sound like a squeaker toy when I have them and have to have them sound that way or get really painful. I supposedly get when occasionally when I sleep. Thankfully they only come in batches of a few hiccups now but it is informing to ask the doc about if they get worse.
Yeah you should speak to a doctor sooner rather than later. If it is caused by a tumour or disease, you'll want to know about it before it gets past the point of no return. *NEVER* delay seeking medical attention when something is off about your body.
Babies and children get hiccups much more often than most adults. Babies get hiccups almost every day, and as they approach toddlerhood, that number decreases. It's thought that babies hiccupping is a sort of "practice" for their diaphragms.
Thanks, Brew. I now not only have anxiety from eating my roommate's left overs, going to the hairdresser but also crippling anxiety for my next hiccups.
As someone who went through all of high school with nonstop hiccups, I totally understand how he was feeling. I was diagnosed with Lupus SLE in 2016, and come to find out, somehow, someway, my hiccups were actually linked to my lupus. Every once and a while, I'll get the hiccups really bad, and they'll go on for a few days, but never as bad as the four years I dealt with them in high school.
When I was a kid, my neighbor had hiccups for over a year, even while she was sleeping, could be longer I don't remember. She went to the doctor several times but nothing helped. I think they just stopped on their own eventually.
I have mild GERP due to a malformation in my stomach. I always threw up food when I was a baby so I had to take medication everytime before I was feed. When I was a kid, I had hiccups nearly after every meal that lasted 10-15 minutes. Thankfully they rarely hurt. I actually got used to it. I often had hiccups randomly too, those would often hurt and the duration was random, from a few seconds to a few hours. The older I got, the less problem I had. I also learned what food I could eat, how to eat "correctly" and what to do/not do after eating to prevent acid reflux and I think it helped. I'm mostly symptoms free thanks to that. Still got reflux and hiccups from time to time, more than the usual person, but not by a lot.
Oh I remember watching about his case on TV 10 years ago or so! This brought me closure to a matter I didn't know needed it. btw, what a weirdly abrupt ending
@@Die0070 Why is it a coincidence? My friend told me someone else made a video about me and I came to look at it. I mean it would be more strange if I didn't come and look at it wouldn't it?
Gastrointestinal issues: THIS!! I was not so much prone to constant hiccupping as it was a series of a single hiccup every ten or fifteen minutes; mostly at work. Having my anxiety/depression issues addressed as well as taking prescription-strength omeprazole daily finally put a stop to them. I never panicked worse about them because I knew GI issues could contribute to hiccups. I will still have rare days that it surfaces if I am going through a high-stress period in my life for more than a few days. The single-hiccup rounds return along with the stomach/esophageal pain/stomach acid fun, but my emotions are at least far more muted than they used to be.
I've had the same problem for the past 15 years (random single hiccups), and it started when I was in college, under extreme stress and dealing with many losses in my family. I have other gastrointestinal issues as I've gotten older and still don't know exactly what's wrong, but I think stress is a big factor for my random hiccups. Glad to know I'm not alone in this though.
@@choufreakyc Omg, I literally thought this was just me. Like you said, random singular hiccups throughout the day, sometimes a few in a set. But when they get goin', they REALLY get going, to the point of making me both homicidal AND suicidal at the same time. I too have to take omeprazole every morning, and pepsid ) every night, just to keep my insides from winding up on the outside. Hiccups are mostly gone, but still flare up on occasion. When they do, I take an extra pepsid. Sometimes it works, sometimes not so much.
@@rowynnecrowley1689 It's amazing there are more people with this issue! Most people find my random hiccups utterly adorable, but they have no idea how exhausting it is. I've tried taking omeprazole for stomach acid issues when they flare up (doesn't seem to help with the hiccups), but other gastrointestinal issues have arisen over the years that doctors can't pinpoint, and I actually never mentioned my hiccups to them... Maybe I should. Anyway, sorry you have to deal with them, too, but it's sort of nice knowing we're not alone!
The best feeling when going through all this is knowing that people are aware of your issue. When you’re going through something, just having someone know about what you’re going through really helps.
Well, kind of. I’m guessing 99% of the population has experienced some form of acid reflux. That’s just a fancy name for heartburn. Gastroesophageal reflux disease also know as gerd is it’s proper name. Some people call it acid reflux disease, which I don’t like because it causes confusion. Anyways, most medications for gerd are over the counter. For example omeprazole (Prilosec) esomeprazole (Nexium) and famotidine (Pepcid). Realistically you have nothing to worry about. Not only are the meds to manage the disease extremely easy to get, that’s not what caused the hiccups. His MD should have been more attentive. If your passing out from hiccups you’ve had for years and didn’t get any better once the stomach has been fixed it should be common sense it’s neurological. They should have MRIed I’m a long time ago. I can get not doing it for a little while because MRI are loud, nerve racking and expensive but there is a certain point where you need to suspect it’s the brain and do an mri
I actually had a great uncle that passed away due to hiccups, he was put in an asylum in the 1930’s because no one could do anything to help him. But I did not know a hiatal hernia could cause constant hiccups. 😳 Here’s to hoping mine never causes issues.
Literally every time I get the hiccups I’m afraid they’ll never go away because I heard of this case when I was a kid… *also my doctor is garbage* I felt that
God I remember having hiccups for like 6 hours, once. Trying to go to sleep like that was maddening. I can't even start to fathom having hiccups for years...
But I couldn't imagine having hiccups for even 24 hours straight, comma it must have been so so uncomfortable to do anything eat, drink, speak, brush your teeth, the whole lot. I'm curious if the hiccups subsided when he fell asleep though
I remember having hiccups for about 2 days straight and it's such a nightmare. Can't sleep, Can't do things properly and makes me stomachache. When I go to doctor on the 2nd day she says that I allergy to a flu medicine. She give me vitamin and tell me to drink bear brand. The next day I'm totally cured
This whole story is absolutely insane! I can't even fathom the kind of emotions he was going through at every turn, especially when they actually found a tumor. My god.
I can so relate to this dude. I've had chronic hiccups for years. Not as bad as this poor dude, but it was every single day. Violent ones that shook my whole body, and felt like my heart was gonna burst outta my chest. They were so bad at times and I had to leave work. As a call center operator, it's kinda hard to do my job, hiccupping every few seconds. I was (still am) having stomach problems as well. If finally got bad enough to go to the hospital, and they thought it was GERD (look it up yourself) and referred me to a gastroenterologist. I can't afford one of those, so I haven't done it. In my case, OTC antacids seem to be helping, mostly. But I definitely understand what this poor duded was going thru. When you have hiccups like that, you can't do anything. I'm just lucky mine weren't continuous like his.
I have hiccups that are so violent and loud, I've gotten noise complaints from neighboring apartments, so I can't imagine having them for a full day, let alone a lifetime.
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I'd thought he'd died, and I'm glad he didn't. I lost all feeling.and use of my right arm for a year and a half. During that time I felt I was forever stuck with that, unable to do anything with it. I'd taught my left arm how to do everything my right could prior. At that year and a half mark I started feeling a slight tingling in it, proceeded with the ability to move my pinky finger a bit. Eventually I could move my upper arm, I held it up with my left and upon letting go, it'd smack me as it fell from my muscles weakened state. After that I regained my strength and use of the arm, but the numbness was replaced by burning pain, especially when I moved it, so I just used my left arm only. I still use it for most things like this message. Finally after 2 years my arm fully healed. I stopped taking things for granted. Strangest thing is I don't know why I woke up and lost my arm. I thought maybe I slept on a nerve and that dis it, but it lasted too long. Even the #1 neurologist here in my state pulled tons of tests and found no reason for it. Treasure what you have, especially you teens and twenties while you are still at your peak.
Dang. This is actually scary. I've had chronic hiccups on and off since I was a kid, usually in bursts of a few days at a time. Though for me, it was caused by my stomach. I've had issues with reflux and bloating since I was a kid. I've definitely had times where each hiccup felt like an electrified knife being stabbed through my throat, chest, and stomach. No fun at all. What helps me is laying flat, elevating my legs, and patting my diaphragm like a drum. After belching like an ogre and having the sensation of battery acid in my throat, the hiccups will usually stop... But hey, now this video made me paranoid that I'll have an episode that will never stop. Longest episode I had was about a week and it was unbearable. But several years of it.... No way. That's just torture!
I once had the hiccups non stop for 4 hours. By the third hour, I was hiccupping so frequently, it made me gag and dry heave. I tried everything to get them to stop but They went away with time. But they came back that night thankfully only for an hour though. That was BRUTAL.
I remember having Hiccups 13 hours. It started at school around 8 or so. After 30 minutes I was asked to step out of the classroom for disturbing the other students. I tried all sorts of water tricks I could with the school fountain. Around noon I had my mom pick me up since it was useless to be at school. You had to stay till 11:30 to be counted for the full day. We tried every thing on the internet until around 9 pm we tried swallowing my saliva and it worked. Awful experience but now I know a way to get them to stop that works every time for me.
Its hiatal hernia not hiatus . Fun fact -a powerful psychotropic Thorazine is often use off label to treat severe hiccups - due its effect on the nervous system.
I had some very serious hiccups once and found a solution: drinking water from the other side of a cup (the opposite side from where you normally drink). It fixed everything, it's amazing
I was told to grab the cup in my teeth and tilt my head to drink it without using hands. Worked well for a very long time but limited success now. I had them for 4 hours once, and was worried I'd be one of these people
My great grandfather had hiccups for 3 months straight then they went away and never came back. He was miserable, could barely eat and they became so painful for him. Never figured out what caused them
Oh! My SO had the hiccups for like 12 hours, so I hugged him really tight around his abdomen for like 30 minutes and they went away. It was kind of scary, but I didn't know it could have been really bad...
i knew about this kind of case, and i was scared of hiccups, but never knew it could be a heart problem or a tumor. good to know but now i'm also more scared.
Thankfully doesn't happen all the time, but still quite often i get chronic belching. It's MADDENING. And painful. Can last as long as a day, cant sleep or do much either. Just overwhelming need to release air buildup and it doesn't stop. Has taken forever, but after two 24 hr PH tests, boron chalk test and then a 4 hr radioactive egg sandwich test Im waiting for two surgeries. The hiatal hernia at the top and another lower one the surgeon can do to help my stomach empty normally. Worst of all though is my migraines, which are unbearable. I see a chiropractor every week for my neck and have been getting botox injections, but still have to deal with them. Just dealing with symptoms and not being able to fix or even know the cause of issues is endlessly frustrating.
@@rodrigoadrianrodriguezaedo4477 yeah and they literally told me the same things that were motioned: reduce acid reflux, try certain methods, nothing works.
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The "which is awesome to hear when your in crippling pain" sounded a bit too aggressive for sarcasm. It did however grab my attention lol
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I remember taking an elevator while I had the hiccups and the woman that was already in the elevator got really concerned for me when I said I had them on and off for a few days. She explained that she lost her husband to hiccups. While it seemed crazy, I figured it was probably possible but highly unlikely. Now I feel bad thinking that, considering everything this guy went through. At least he is alive but I hope that lady is ok too.
Her husband must have had a dire case of hiccups or possibly choked on something. Pity she didn't elaborate!
@Alkalez They meant the guy in the video
Don't feel too bad unless you've heard stories, or seen it yourself it does sound like a rather unusual, and unlikely thing to the casual individual.
Just send them good fortune, and anyone else who may suffer even if you can't to their face.
I wonder if she meant he had cancer? Like that's how they found it out? Because what? I feel like this case is very rare.
It's such a goofy way to go. I mean it is awful in every way but just saying "I lost my husband to hiccups" is kind of funny.
Great. Now I can be afraid of hiccups. *_Perfect_*
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The fact that the first doctors were like "meh, I'm out of ideas. I give up" kinda angers me deeply. Sure, they tried a lot of things. But not even thinking about asking colleagues in other lands is proving a lack of dedication to their task.
Yeah, they don't even considered using MRI scan on him, and because of that he suffered fo years.
It's surprisingly common. Ask any disabled or chronically ill person what their experiences with doctors have been like. You become disillusioned by the idea that every doctor is there to help you.
@@eponawarrior7492 yes this exactly. I only got treated because of a fluke, the meds I was taking for something else turned out to be the medicine I needed to treat a worsening condition I'd had for years. I don't think anyone would have figured it out otherwise a
Maybe it's cos I'm a neuroscientist, but I can't understand not throwing a MRI at this one. It is, at the very least, some type of nerve impingement.
Oh absolutely. I had some pretty bad problems with fatigue. Dr. just chalked it to "stress". I started just googling trying to find some possible causes and asked for more tests at my yearly checkup. Turned out I had a bad vitamin D deficiency. Literally like 50 bucks out of pocket for a routine test solved my problem. Doctors are well versed in medicine, but it's high time they start getting taught problem solving too.
The tumour was a pilocytic astrocytoma it took the doctors 2 weeks to figure that out.
That kind of tumour never normally grows where mine was.
I'm so glad you finally got what you needed to get better.
Im glad you got it sorted, sorry about your arm
Brew should pin you.
Glad you are much better!
@@jodivandyk3649 thank you
I actually deal with this similar situation. I have hiccups literally EVERY SINGLE DAY. It's been happening for about 7 years for me, however I have nothing particularly wrong with my body. I've gone to many doctors over the years, but all of them say nothing is wrong with me. I'm healthy, young, fit, and yet hiccups get me everyday. At this point, it's just frustrating to deal with, and they always get me in the worst of times. I just hope that what my doctors say is true, and nothing is wrong with me. For now, I guess I'll just wait until they go away.
Do you have them 24 hours a day?
@@rdizzy1 No but they happen for around 4 hours each day at random times, sometimes when I'm sleeping.
Just get an mri, I spoke another person suffering the same condition and he found he had MS. His doctors had done the same as mine, as soon as he saw my story and contacted me I told him to get another doctor and show them my story. He now knows what is wrong with him and is on the correct medication to help him.
U did MRIs like this guy did?
@@littlemschat1052 I am this guy, and I advised another sufferer who asked for my help and the doctors discovered he had Multiple Sclerosis after getting the MRI.
I really liked your use of black silhouettes with minimal white line art for some of the dramatized scenes. Very well done- I love seeing your art progress as time moves forward.
Also, best description of hiccups and why they tend to happen that I've heard in a long time.
It is a team of people working on this meaning they likely have a dedicated animator
Agreed!
@KiloTheNeko Indeed, though even a team can get better over time. I'm simply using the universal "you" to regard everyone involved in the project- they all deserve credit, and whoever is responsible for the silhouettes, single or multiple, they know who they are, and I hope they receive my praise.
I'm also referencing the fact that the animation team has already updated their sprites at least once, so progress is welcomed by this viewer, at least. I know it can be a risk to present a large audience with a change, so I want to give them as much support to grow as I can, as opposed to being pigeon-holed into place by people who might not like the change.
Fr, I got emotional and my heart slowed while watching them. I love it. 👀
Some people don't like how people are often drawn without noses here, but I find it rather endearing. Though I do kinda wonder why Brew's coloring is so washed out compared to everybody else's? Is he a ghost? Is this just what living on coffee does to a (cartoon) person? The world may never know...
I had a surgery like that around my brain stem for a tumor when I was 8, I'm 21 now and I still haven't gotten my left arm back to normal. Glad to see that he's had a more successful recovery
I feel ya. Stroked when I was 8 due to a surgery. Left hand can grab stuff, that's about it. But hey, at least I still manage to play video games :D (albeit, in a slightly diminished capacity). Better than dying though, that's for sure!
@@ShaddowDemon Nice, I can barely play video games. Better than dying is sometimes questionable…but yes definitely.
Sorry you’re having to go through this. I’m glad you’re able to share what you’re going through with others.
15:00 This really made me cry… As a musician myself, (not a very good one) imagining never being able to play again in my entire life is extremely depressing.
Man this dude's been through such odd things but it took the right equipment to actually find out what's going on
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@@christamofo Omg hi
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@@christamofoaw cute ❤ I can’t believe they didn’t do an mri earlier. I had really bad headaches and pain behind my eyes for a few months and an mri was the first thing my doctor recommended. Thank God it wasn’t a tumour, it was a hormonal imbalance in my body which caused it to
This story was a weird, emotional roller coaster. But I’m glad he can still do the things he loves without the hiccups
Agreed, he "lost" a tragically long stretch of his life at least in some ways, but he got to experience the best sides of humanity, people all coming together from around the world to try to help, and to laugh along with him to cheer him up at least a bit. And the ending made me tear up, he's not at 100%, but he can do what he loves! That's gotta be worth something, plus the tumor is gone which is also great!
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@@christamofo no way this is you! I hope the hiccups are gone now forever
@@Thegreenpig22 Yes they are gone, thanks x
@@christamofo so do you still get hiccups on occasion like any other person does and if so, does it scare you when you get them?
I had hiccups constantly for the first 6 or 7 years of my life. 5 or 6 years in, I kept feeling pain in my body. We were never concerned about the hiccups, and we didn't think they were related. The doctors found out one of my kidneys didn't work. We had a surgery to fix it, and not only did the pain stop, so did the hiccups.
That’s good to hear
You know that feeling once you stop hiccuping and you feel like you should hiccup but you don’t actually need to. Imagine that after 68 years.
yea
When I was hiking in New Zealand back in 2016, there was a girl who had had the hiccups for a few or several years. I really hope she didn't have a serious health condition.
Long gone are the days of the noseless monstrosities that plagued my nightmares. Loving how the quality of not just content but even the animation seems to always increase!
the voldemorts are finally gone
I miss the noseless ppl
I’m glad they actually found the reason for his hiccups, but seriously, he could have been spared a lot of suffering if his original doctor just did an mri…
man... as someone with GERD, my reflux is HORRENDOUS, and hiccups make me want to scream bc of painful they can be on an esophagus that's eaten by acid. i'm like huh. hiccups are scary too now i guess.
also yea no doctors tell you "no youre gonna be fine" nonstop and then youll get put in the hospital with something that wouldve been totally harmless had they just done one test LOL
I have it bad, too. Get some Strawberry Twizzlers. They work MAGIC.
I sympathize I have gerd from a hiatial hernia and hiccups hurt.
Had to wait till I was 32 to get surgery on the hieatal hernia surgery.
I mean doctors told me I was fine and sent me home when I had pneumonia, a fever of 105 and a lung filled with fluid. I have bad luck with doctors. Always get a 2nd opinion.
Seems like Hiatal Hernias and GERD got together like milk and cookies. I also have gwrd and a Hiatal hernia.
"No clue, you are on your own" is more common than you'd think from the awful UK medical system.
this is the first time I'm hearing negatively of the uk medical system online very suprising!
@@KindJoey636 It's an absolute nightmare, has been for years due to a prolonged influx of mass migration overloading a struggling system.
Seeing old people left dying in hospital corridors, getting no help for issues and waiting a year or more to get a simple scan and then 6 months for the results... this is our NHS.
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This story is.... Surprisingly heartwarming.
I mean, he found his answer thanks to a Japanese TV show after trying an acupuncturist who offered to fly him out for an MRI which ended up saving his life when he finally agreed to it after being in Japan for a bit.
And that closing, that certainly brings back all my optimism.
I hope he succeeds as a musician!
I can sympathise with this guy. I have hiccups every day of my life save for a handful of days. They came so frequently that I now sound like a squeaker toy when I have them and have to have them sound that way or get really painful. I supposedly get when occasionally when I sleep. Thankfully they only come in batches of a few hiccups now but it is informing to ask the doc about if they get worse.
You shouldn't wait till they get worse.
Yeah you should speak to a doctor sooner rather than later. If it is caused by a tumour or disease, you'll want to know about it before it gets past the point of no return.
*NEVER* delay seeking medical attention when something is off about your body.
Get doctor
When I was a kid, I had the hiccups soo often. Pretty much every day until I was about 10. They would hurt a lot at times, but I rarely get them now.
Babies and children get hiccups much more often than most adults. Babies get hiccups almost every day, and as they approach toddlerhood, that number decreases. It's thought that babies hiccupping is a sort of "practice" for their diaphragms.
Thanks, Brew. I now not only have anxiety from eating my roommate's left overs, going to the hairdresser but also crippling anxiety for my next hiccups.
dont watch their videos if you know youd get scared of them?
@@Sateriasiz The fun part is getting into a state of existential dread from the videos, unfunny person.
@@Sateriasiz Oh, thanks for telling me. Without you telling me I would have never known that this was an option.
@@theunheardprophet4315 I was just saying, no need for the sarcasm.
I had to stop watching death by exploding chair video 🥴
Imagine having that feeling that you need to sneeze but don't, nonstop, constantly, for your whole life.
Nitemare.
Pretty sure that's also a thing...
I would start crying
That's frustrating, but I'd still take it over the hiccups.
@@rowynnecrowley1689 same
As someone who went through all of high school with nonstop hiccups, I totally understand how he was feeling. I was diagnosed with Lupus SLE in 2016, and come to find out, somehow, someway, my hiccups were actually linked to my lupus. Every once and a while, I'll get the hiccups really bad, and they'll go on for a few days, but never as bad as the four years I dealt with them in high school.
God bless this man and all who have suffered from this.
When I was a kid, my neighbor had hiccups for over a year, even while she was sleeping, could be longer I don't remember. She went to the doctor several times but nothing helped. I think they just stopped on their own eventually.
I cant imagine being that close with my neighbor that I’d know that
@@Beaneabean Okay...
I have mild GERP due to a malformation in my stomach. I always threw up food when I was a baby so I had to take medication everytime before I was feed. When I was a kid, I had hiccups nearly after every meal that lasted 10-15 minutes. Thankfully they rarely hurt. I actually got used to it. I often had hiccups randomly too, those would often hurt and the duration was random, from a few seconds to a few hours. The older I got, the less problem I had. I also learned what food I could eat, how to eat "correctly" and what to do/not do after eating to prevent acid reflux and I think it helped. I'm mostly symptoms free thanks to that. Still got reflux and hiccups from time to time, more than the usual person, but not by a lot.
I wanna skip the sponsorship but it’s handled so great I gotta sit through the whole thing out.
Oh I remember watching about his case on TV 10 years ago or so!
This brought me closure to a matter I didn't know needed it.
btw, what a weirdly abrupt ending
One of the most emotional stories ever told. Christopher Sands is a legend!
Hey, that's me!
Are you the real deal?
@@Die0070 yes
@@christamofo .. I whould like to believe it but it's a big coincidence so kinda hard to believe
@@Die0070 Why is it a coincidence? My friend told me someone else made a video about me and I came to look at it. I mean it would be more strange if I didn't come and look at it wouldn't it?
@@nameistanya I live in France and look after alpaca farms, everything is great!
clicking on that random video a few years ago and getting hooked really had changed my life for the worst. Thanks brew!
Gastrointestinal issues: THIS!! I was not so much prone to constant hiccupping as it was a series of a single hiccup every ten or fifteen minutes; mostly at work. Having my anxiety/depression issues addressed as well as taking prescription-strength omeprazole daily finally put a stop to them. I never panicked worse about them because I knew GI issues could contribute to hiccups. I will still have rare days that it surfaces if I am going through a high-stress period in my life for more than a few days. The single-hiccup rounds return along with the stomach/esophageal pain/stomach acid fun, but my emotions are at least far more muted than they used to be.
I've had the same problem for the past 15 years (random single hiccups), and it started when I was in college, under extreme stress and dealing with many losses in my family. I have other gastrointestinal issues as I've gotten older and still don't know exactly what's wrong, but I think stress is a big factor for my random hiccups. Glad to know I'm not alone in this though.
@@choufreakyc Omg, I literally thought this was just me. Like you said, random singular hiccups throughout the day, sometimes a few in a set. But when they get goin', they REALLY get going, to the point of making me both homicidal AND suicidal at the same time. I too have to take omeprazole every morning, and pepsid ) every night, just to keep my insides from winding up on the outside. Hiccups are mostly gone, but still flare up on occasion. When they do, I take an extra pepsid. Sometimes it works, sometimes not so much.
@@rowynnecrowley1689 It's amazing there are more people with this issue! Most people find my random hiccups utterly adorable, but they have no idea how exhausting it is. I've tried taking omeprazole for stomach acid issues when they flare up (doesn't seem to help with the hiccups), but other gastrointestinal issues have arisen over the years that doctors can't pinpoint, and I actually never mentioned my hiccups to them... Maybe I should. Anyway, sorry you have to deal with them, too, but it's sort of nice knowing we're not alone!
So glad he got the help that he needed!
I managed to cure myself once by holding my breath until my lips turned blue and I began to tunnel vision. The shock to my system seemed to do it.
The best feeling when going through all this is knowing that people are aware of your issue. When you’re going through something, just having someone know about what you’re going through really helps.
This is both interesting and terrifying... especially since I have acid reflux
Well, kind of. I’m guessing 99% of the population has experienced some form of acid reflux. That’s just a fancy name for heartburn. Gastroesophageal reflux disease also know as gerd is it’s proper name. Some people call it acid reflux disease, which I don’t like because it causes confusion. Anyways, most medications for gerd are over the counter. For example omeprazole (Prilosec) esomeprazole (Nexium) and famotidine (Pepcid). Realistically you have nothing to worry about. Not only are the meds to manage the disease extremely easy to get, that’s not what caused the hiccups. His MD should have been more attentive. If your passing out from hiccups you’ve had for years and didn’t get any better once the stomach has been fixed it should be common sense it’s neurological. They should have MRIed I’m a long time ago. I can get not doing it for a little while because MRI are loud, nerve racking and expensive but there is a certain point where you need to suspect it’s the brain and do an mri
I thought he said "Christopher Sans" and started chuckling a bit. I'm so immature 😂
I just wanted to say that I really appreciate how beautiful the animation on this episode was after the awoke.
This story is insane! Thanks for sharing this.
Hey compliments to the artists! I love the comic book style but also the group skits are adorable! ♡♡
In the UK, shire (when attached to a place) it pronounced sheer (like deer). Lincolnshire would be spoken as Lincolnsheer.
Thankyou.
Most of us here in the UK actually pronounces -shire as "-sha".
I was having hiccups this morning and this came up in my list... What a synchronicity!
I actually had a great uncle that passed away due to hiccups, he was put in an asylum in the 1930’s because no one could do anything to help him. But I did not know a hiatal hernia could cause constant hiccups. 😳 Here’s to hoping mine never causes issues.
*New Fear Unlocked*
OMG FACTSS
Always interesting to see your content Brew!
Literally every time I get the hiccups I’m afraid they’ll never go away because I heard of this case when I was a kid…
*also my doctor is garbage* I felt that
Same. My doctor sucks.
i like how more and more drawings of people have noses in these videos. keep up the good work brew.
God I remember having hiccups for like 6 hours, once. Trying to go to sleep like that was maddening. I can't even start to fathom having hiccups for years...
He's so brave and god bless him and the doctor's ☺
Bruh I remember having hiccups for like 2 days I don't wanna know this
I know right? I have a weird hiccup issue and this made me nervous. 😂
Not me
But I couldn't imagine having hiccups for even 24 hours straight, comma it must have been so so uncomfortable to do anything eat, drink, speak, brush your teeth, the whole lot.
I'm curious if the hiccups subsided when he fell asleep though
No...he couldn't sleep beyond passing out
@@stefaniekasal8620 must have been torturous
@@WhuDhat I can't imagine but I'm sure
Finally! A video where they have noses now. I am so relieved.
I remember having hiccups for about 2 days straight and it's such a nightmare. Can't sleep, Can't do things properly and makes me stomachache. When I go to doctor on the 2nd day she says that I allergy to a flu medicine. She give me vitamin and tell me to drink bear brand. The next day I'm totally cured
I just love your editing! So good!
I really love the fact that the Brew crew learned to draw noses
This whole story is absolutely insane! I can't even fathom the kind of emotions he was going through at every turn, especially when they actually found a tumor. My god.
I can so relate to this dude. I've had chronic hiccups for years. Not as bad as this poor dude, but it was every single day. Violent ones that shook my whole body, and felt like my heart was gonna burst outta my chest. They were so bad at times and I had to leave work. As a call center operator, it's kinda hard to do my job, hiccupping every few seconds. I was (still am) having stomach problems as well. If finally got bad enough to go to the hospital, and they thought it was GERD (look it up yourself) and referred me to a gastroenterologist. I can't afford one of those, so I haven't done it. In my case, OTC antacids seem to be helping, mostly. But I definitely understand what this poor duded was going thru. When you have hiccups like that, you can't do anything. I'm just lucky mine weren't continuous like his.
That is very wholesome. So glad he was okay.
I have hiccups that are so violent and loud, I've gotten noise complaints from neighboring apartments, so I can't imagine having them for a full day, let alone a lifetime.
This was a lot more sad than I expected. Life is surely cruel, I guess that's why friends and family are important.
help i just got the hiccups
I KNOW WATCHING THIS WAS SO DIFFICULT I HAD TO HOLD MY BREATH
I just love the fact that at the beginning he was showing this tardigrade love it!
I love you Brew. Try out whatever you like, sarcasm or anything. You inspire me and everyone who follows you. I find comfort in knowing how small I am in the grand scheme of the world and it depresses my friends, however I dream of using animation to inspire critical thinking and recycling waste materials. Thanks to you and Meat Canyon, I will shoot my shot and learn from any haters. By flexing on em, of course
I love him so much actually. Im obsessed with him.
🥰🥰
I haven’t had hiccups in years, but when I used to get them as a kid they were always painful. I never knew why and still don’t
yo why arent we talking about the guy who had hiccups for 68 years
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I had hiccups one time for about 24 hours straight, it was miserable and surprisingly painful, couldn't imagine having them for such a long time.
I- I have been having chronic hiccups for about a month.. I think I should go to the doctor.
I'd thought he'd died, and I'm glad he didn't.
I lost all feeling.and use of my right arm for a year and a half. During that time I felt I was forever stuck with that, unable to do anything with it. I'd taught my left arm how to do everything my right could prior.
At that year and a half mark I started feeling a slight tingling in it, proceeded with the ability to move my pinky finger a bit. Eventually I could move my upper arm, I held it up with my left and upon letting go, it'd smack me as it fell from my muscles weakened state.
After that I regained my strength and use of the arm, but the numbness was replaced by burning pain, especially when I moved it, so I just used my left arm only. I still use it for most things like this message.
Finally after 2 years my arm fully healed. I stopped taking things for granted.
Strangest thing is I don't know why I woke up and lost my arm. I thought maybe I slept on a nerve and that dis it, but it lasted too long. Even the #1 neurologist here in my state pulled tons of tests and found no reason for it.
Treasure what you have, especially you teens and twenties while you are still at your peak.
Dang. This is actually scary. I've had chronic hiccups on and off since I was a kid, usually in bursts of a few days at a time. Though for me, it was caused by my stomach. I've had issues with reflux and bloating since I was a kid. I've definitely had times where each hiccup felt like an electrified knife being stabbed through my throat, chest, and stomach. No fun at all.
What helps me is laying flat, elevating my legs, and patting my diaphragm like a drum. After belching like an ogre and having the sensation of battery acid in my throat, the hiccups will usually stop...
But hey, now this video made me paranoid that I'll have an episode that will never stop. Longest episode I had was about a week and it was unbearable. But several years of it.... No way. That's just torture!
What an emotional journey this video was omg
Man, hiccups is kinda painful if it stayed long enough
"sleeping wasn't sleeping, it was just passing out" I felt that :(
I once had the hiccups non stop for 4 hours. By the third hour, I was hiccupping so frequently, it made me gag and dry heave. I tried everything to get them to stop but They went away with time. But they came back that night thankfully only for an hour though. That was BRUTAL.
I remember having Hiccups 13 hours. It started at school around 8 or so. After 30 minutes I was asked to step out of the classroom for disturbing the other students. I tried all sorts of water tricks I could with the school fountain. Around noon I had my mom pick me up since it was useless to be at school. You had to stay till 11:30 to be counted for the full day. We tried every thing on the internet until around 9 pm we tried swallowing my saliva and it worked. Awful experience but now I know a way to get them to stop that works every time for me.
So what happened last episode with the different animation style? I'm curious.
Its hiatal hernia not hiatus . Fun fact -a powerful psychotropic Thorazine is often use off label to treat severe hiccups - due its effect on the nervous system.
When will Grill post again? I miss his burns
I had a teammate who’s dad had hiccups for months
Alot of times when I have hiccups I almost throw up, and my I feel like my lungs are collapsing, rip
Awesome video I’m always looking forward to your content!
What a great story. So happy that he could solve his issue and can live a normal life again.
Every single time I get hiccups I think if this man. It’s terrified me for years
What are the odds, I have the hiccups right now.
Bro I've had them for a day and I was begging it to stop, I cannot imagine the suffering he actually endured tbh
I had some very serious hiccups once and found a solution: drinking water from the other side of a cup (the opposite side from where you normally drink). It fixed everything, it's amazing
I was told to grab the cup in my teeth and tilt my head to drink it without using hands.
Worked well for a very long time but limited success now.
I had them for 4 hours once, and was worried I'd be one of these people
the thought of hiccups going on and off for even a couple weeks is foreign to me, the longest mine have ever gone for was probably for ~5 hours.
I don't get hiccups that often but when I do, I just eat a spoonful of peanut butter. It always works for me.
My great grandfather had hiccups for 3 months straight then they went away and never came back. He was miserable, could barely eat and they became so painful for him. Never figured out what caused them
Oh! My SO had the hiccups for like 12 hours, so I hugged him really tight around his abdomen for like 30 minutes and they went away. It was kind of scary, but I didn't know it could have been really bad...
i knew about this kind of case, and i was scared of hiccups, but never knew it could be a heart problem or a tumor. good to know but now i'm also more scared.
Thankfully doesn't happen all the time, but still quite often i get chronic belching. It's MADDENING. And painful. Can last as long as a day, cant sleep or do much either. Just overwhelming need to release air buildup and it doesn't stop. Has taken forever, but after two 24 hr PH tests, boron chalk test and then a 4 hr radioactive egg sandwich test Im waiting for two surgeries. The hiatal hernia at the top and another lower one the surgeon can do to help my stomach empty normally.
Worst of all though is my migraines, which are unbearable. I see a chiropractor every week for my neck and have been getting botox injections, but still have to deal with them. Just dealing with symptoms and not being able to fix or even know the cause of issues is endlessly frustrating.
this was emotional
Wait Im experiencing the same thing.. It's been 6 months since my hiccups started and I am still not better
Did you go to the doctor?
@@rodrigoadrianrodriguezaedo4477 yeah and they literally told me the same things that were motioned: reduce acid reflux, try certain methods, nothing works.
Go have an MRI. Dont waste time.
Nice work
There's an unsettling amount of noses in your current videos, what's the deal?
3:26 I instantly knew you were Canadian because of the “eh?” In the end. I checked , I was right. lol,
This is why every time I get hiccups, I freak out a little.
this is an insane story