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No, being rotated in the 4th dimension and plopped back down into the third dimension would be horrible and it wouldn't surprise me if it killed you. For one, it would absolutely feel like a Lovecraftian nightmare. Your right arm is now your left. Your heart is in a different side of your chest. The "you" you see in the mirror will be the "you" you've seen in photographs. But look into chirality in chemistry. Your body would suddenly have tons of molecules that are a mirror image of what they should be and work with the mirror images of molecules they used to. Everything already in you would get flipped, but you might be on a ticking clock if you aren't able to get the chiral opposites of necessary amino acids.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirality_(chemistry)
but you could get high as shit on a Vicks inhaler.
From your perspective, your body wouldn't really change. It's the handedness / chirality of the universe that would be flipped. It's an odd thing to think about...
I debated on what it would be like before I posted and I think you're right. It would be more like being "in the mirror" sort of. Everyone would look different to you and you'd look different from what people remember. You'd need to learn to read and write in reverse.
Well in that case you starve a slow death of malnutrition as your body is unable to properly process any of the food you eat, unless it's also rotated 180 degrees along the 4th axis