That is exactly what happened to me.....only it happened 3 times. The first time i thought i was having a heart attack.
They operated on me after the second one, because they said after it happens a second time, it'll probably keep happening. They went in and removed the sac around my lung, then roughed up a muscle above my lung along with the top of my lung, with the idea that hte two would "scar" together. And...that's what holds my left lung up! The third collapse was my other lung, but it healed itself and I haven't heard from it since. Extreme low pressure systems still cause my chest to hurt on the left side, sometimes rather acutely. For quite a few years after the operation i'd become a fairly good predictor for severe thunderstorms, but that has waned recently. On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 7:07 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > My lung collapse was a spontaneous partial pneumothorax...which in > laymans speak means that one day I woke up and a small hole developed > in the top of my left lung and it partially collapsed, for no obvious > reason. It felt like having a bungie cord wrapped around my lungs, > couldn't draw a breath properly. It eventually sealed itself up and > reinflated, no surgery needed on my part. Still messes me up though as > the muscles holding my lung and heart in place to my ribs are tighter > on that side than on my right, so the two halves of my chest don't > move the same way and are always popping. > > Judah > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Grussgott <grussg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Not to pry but how??? > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > On Jul 25, 2011, at 8:52 AM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> My lungs have collapsed 3 times...it's not pleasant. > >> > >> On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Robert Munn <cfmuns...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> Collapsed lung, broken bones for the 13 yeard old. He's in ICU but > expected > >>> to make a full recovery: > >>> > >>> http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/state&id=8265863 > >>> > >>> Having been ragdolled in 20 foot waves and living to tell the tale, my > >>> heart > >>> goes out to this young man and his family. The ocean is a fickle > mistress. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:340962 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
