Hello all,
i'm a teenage, skinny, male (perfect
for those lovely pneumothoraxes).. I've
had 2 spontaneous on the right and 2 on
the left. Last time I had one (on the
left) they did a cat scan to find out I
had blebs (s?) on both lungs from growing
too fast and the lungs not keeping up.
Anyways I was sent to university of
tennessee and had surgery to remove those
weak spots in the lung. I dont remember
the name of the surgery but 3 incisions
were made and they fully collapsed the
left lung to cut off the weak spots,
followed by a chest tube but im pretty
used to them now
that's been a month or so ago and I still
experience minor pain when bending over,
jumping, or anything like that. Of
course the smart thing to do would be
(duh) stop jumping up and down , but my true
passion is colorguard / winterguard and I
refuse to stop them..And they require
quite a bit of jumping. On to the
question.
How long should I expect the pain to
last? I know its never really completely
gona stop but just give me some sort of
idea please! It gets scary sometimes..
Not that I have difficulty breathing or
anything but theirs already a 60% chance
i'm going to have the operation on my
right lung and I dont want to have to have
something done to my left lung again, im
sure any of you that have had a
pneumothorax see why I am worried.. Any
help would be super! Feel free to e-mail
me as well. Thanks guys! Joshy@dir
ecway.Com
josh
that's been a month or so ago and I still
experience minor pain when bending over,
jumping, or anything like that. Of
course the smart thing to do would be
(duh) stop jumping up and down 
, but my true
passion is colorguard / winterguard and I
refuse to stop them..And they require
quite a bit of jumping. On to the
question.
