... just moved from Illinois to Arizona. The place he is now living is at 4500 feet. This morning he was taken by ambulance to the hospital, where they detected two holes in his lungs. One small, and a larger one. They say that its caused by the altitude change. Is this even possible? ... (1 replies)

... Or does he have lung scarring? ... (5 replies)

... Numothroax last year, where I had a tube in for a few weeks. ... (12 replies)

... This might sound like a really broad question, but a friend of mine developed a hole in her lung when she was 4 or 5 years old from excessive coughing. Do these sorts of things heal themself? ... (0 replies)

... Blebs are like ruptured air sacs in your lungs, that release air into the pleural space, causing a collapsed lung. ... (10 replies)

... Hi...your husband seems to be in a very precarious situation being that the chestwall is badly blebbed. ... (26 replies)

... One is born with weak spots in the lungs and with age they grow and weaken more. ... (7 replies)

... that I have cysts all throughout both lungs. On CT scan they showed up as round black circles of different sizes. They looked like black holes of nothing. I also have 2 pulmonary nodules. I also have a kidney cyst or lesion. ... (3 replies)

... Thanks so much for all your info. You have really been thru a lot. Makes me feel fortunate. I go for bronch tomorrow. Told lung dr. I wasn't doing it unless I took something before I got to hospital. He said o.k. and said he would try his best not be late. ... (218 replies)

... Im thinking the reason I wasnt started on a treatment is because when this was first discovered it was thought to be lung cancer, and I had a open thorocotomy, and had part of my lung removed to get rid of it. Fortunatly it WASNT cancer. ... (218 replies)

... I'm feeling healthy, I've been fishing recently, I played 18 holes of Golf yesterday, and I'm having the upper lobe of my right lung removed tomorrow. This is a weird feeling. I hope I've made the right decision. ... (7 replies)

... proof. I have had several pictures for Driver License and Cab ID, College ID, and each one was only weeks from each other, yet I am a completely different person in each one. I didn't focus on the lung biopsy too much even when I was warned that it was painful. ... (12 replies)

... nd then. When i really belive that "I can't Quit". ..then i don't even try. But, when i would say often to myself,.."I can Quit"..even while holding a cigarette in my hand..before i would know it..i would be stubbing it out. ... (16 replies)