... To begin with we were told my mum was just on a slow recovery and with therapy it will get better. It didn't. And after more infections in her lungs they did a chest x ray and said part of her lung has collapsed. ... (0 replies)
... I had a collapsed lung JUne 2 2010.I had two operations.They had to use some type of power to seal it up.What is my recovery time.Will i be able to fly again. ... (7 replies)
... how long is the recovery after a collapsed lung (0 replies)
... I sure hope your lung doesn't give you any more grief..and that your other lung doesn't do the same thing. At least you'll know what to do. ... (7 replies)
... Okay, so my right lung has collapsed 3 times for no apparent reason. Only one of those times resulted in a chest tube, and another time they asperated with a needle. ... (2 replies)
... oxygen now, weak but determined to get better, although I do not think he will be to where he was before this ordeal. He came home breathing worse than when his lung collapsed and he never needed the oxygen before but anything is better than the hospital and I can already see somewhat of an improvement even though small. ... (26 replies)
... I'm wondering if your husband is a candidate for lung replacement? ... (26 replies)
... chest tube yesterday then took another xray to see how the lung does and to see if the drainage stopped, well the drainage is still there and quite a bit and the lung now has another air leak, not sure if it's a new hole or around the staple spot. Seems like this will never end and he is very depressed and discouraged. ... (26 replies)
... I hope he is able to get over this rough recovery period and that the doctors will be able to help settle the other possible problems caused by or during his fragile state. ... (26 replies)
... we see the surgeon today, but the tube site is infected and now he is hurting on the inside but lower from the tube insertion site. I have a feeling he will be admitted and I would think they will have to clear up the infection before performing surgery. They said if they remove the tube the lower lobe would collaspe completely but he seems to be getting worse not better and... (26 replies)
... My mother just collapsed with exhaustion after my father falling ill, and broke her neck 20 days ago. ... (1 replies)
... I had my lung collapse for the first time i had a tube inserted on sat night and sent home 6 hrs later to come back on monday to get the tube pulled what should i expect to experience and what are the recovery times for something like this and is the disconfort normal in my chest and back (0 replies)
... I have and it is no walk in the park. I guess If I were you I would want to know how the results would benefit you, how it would change your treatment, what the recovery would take and what all could go wrong. I went in for a bronchoscopy and my lung collapsed. ... (5 replies)
... ing for it. In other words, I lived through the pain and never saw a healthcare professional until nine months after the first time I experienced the pain of the collapsed lung. ... (0 replies)
... The only thing I'd be concerned about would be that it can happen that the other lung might have blebs as well...and collapse, but that's not a guarantee. ... (1 replies)
... Hello all,
I'm currently (5 weeks out) recovery from a surgery which was done to remove a cyst behind my heart. My right lung was collapsed in order to accomplish this (it was removed through my ribs). Up until now I have the expected pains but I have this irritating dry cough which really acts up when I try to speak. Is this just part of the recovery?
Best I can gather... (0 replies)
... I had a few collapses of the right lung at age 19 and 20... ... (7 replies)
... in 10 min and my right was not healing. 2 chest tubes and open lung surgery the next day. ... (3 replies)
... collapsed. i ended up with a chest tube for 8 days. after that i was okay until 2years ago, it collapsed again, just not as bad. 2 months later it did it again, thats when they told me i had blebs on my lungs. ... (1 replies)
... Hi, I have also experienced a pneumothorax. Back in Sept. 2005, I had a 10%collapse on my right lunch that doctors say would heal on its own. It did, however this past Oct, the same lung collapsed, this time it was 50% which required hospitalization w/ a chest tube. I had never smoked or drank so this was extremely odd to me! Tests showed I had blebs aka blisters that were... (7 replies)
