... Hi Clay....it's certainly disconcerting to have continuing pains/discomfort, especially from reasons that might be related to the surgery. If all your x-rays have come back clear, at least it's not something directly related to an infection or something such as that. To me, an MRI could be more telling if something's outside of the lung, but it wouldn't show if it's... (7 replies)

... Anyway, yes I was told that my left lung would never collaspe again so they did do something to adhear it to the chest wall. ... (7 replies)

... I was 30 when my left lung collasped and had the surgery. ... (7 replies)

... Hi Everyone, So glad that I found this message board. I have suffered from discomfort and pain on and off from my Thoracotomy Surgery (left lung) for the past 22 years. The reason for the sugery was for a collasped lung that would not re-inflate. I had the surgery in 1991. I was told years ago that I could have a "nerve block" done but decided against that option... (7 replies)

... post on myself about the same thing bottom right lung pain!! it hurts alot!! everytime i get chest infections thats where it starts and finishes maybe we have had pneumonia and not always bronchitis? ... (5 replies)

... Im almost positive my doctors wrong because with costochondritis it should go away after 2 weeks, I have been having sharp pains for a month. Someone please help me out here. ... (5 replies)

... Yea I have almost the same thing but I get sharp pains on the lower parts of my lungs. I am so confused and depressed about it right now. ... (5 replies)

... doctor today and got it checked out, and she said it was costochondritis. Which says its spose to go away in 2 weeks with out any medication, and I have had the pains longer then 2 weeks.Can anyone help me out? ... (5 replies)

... I just signed up because of lately ive been having lung pain. Im a 20 year old male and also im a smoker. ... (5 replies)

... Hi Gumbyu I wouldn't worry too much. I have several nodules in my lungs which were found incidentally when I had a ct scan 2 years ago for other reasons (like you). They repeated the CT 6 months later and the nodules were unchanged. I have some calcifications other places (spleen) as well from some past infections. I suspect the nodules are also scar tissue related to... (3 replies)

... because I was having some pretty severe pains on my right flank... and like what seems to be many others, they came upon a 3. ... (3 replies)

... to the ER with bad stomach pains. After a CT scan, they told him that he had a bleeding ulcer but that was not their main concern... they found a nodule on his lung that was pressing against his heart. ... (0 replies)

... fe. I still have an ache at the bottom on my left lung, the side that had the procedure, when I yawn, but I don't even know if that's going away. The rest of the pains are, slowly but surely, except for the occasional twinge here and there, which I honestly expected anyway. ... (0 replies)

... they expected. I was referred back to my doctor for lung function tests as everything else seemed normal. ... (0 replies)

... I occasionly get a sharp pain iin my left lung only. ... (0 replies)

... was having a hard time with the damn thing. The doctor had me repeat the test 6 times! The one number I was watching was the one the measured how much of your lung was being used. ... (1 replies)

... I am curious, then, if there still might be a lung issue going on, perhaps like Pancoast, thus if any more testing needs to be done? ... (0 replies)

... For years I have had chest pains and shortness of breath. ... (1 replies)

... t of running and cycling all my life but had an injury and I seemed to have 6months worth of colds too that combined with the lower level of cardio, decreased my lung capacity, albeit temporary! ... (2 replies)

... Hi there Jellebeans, Sorry that you've been feeling so unwell recently. I think part of the problem of why the doctors are having trouble figuring out what's wrong with you is that your symptoms are all likely very non-specific. What I mean by that is something I say all the time on these boards: there are certain symptoms which are very suggestive of a specific... (1 replies)