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Hi I have a pocket of air around my lungs. An im woured about having an op an how they do this an how it will effect me. I have severe emphy
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looked on the site and found it very helpful. thank you.
Thank you I have had a good read of the site you sent me an it has put my mind a bit at rest but has helped me understand alot more an for that I thank you
Sorry Gordon,I'm no help! Still trucking is always helpful,puttingyou on to the right sites.
Just to wish you luck with it all,love Wendellsxx
it sounds a bit like what i had once ,a pneumo thorax , with me they stuck a needle in my chest and siphoned off two litres of air icould breathe a lot better after that
Strange that tall thin people get it more often? Being small and fat seems like I might be ok 
Thank you all if nothing else you have put a big smile on my face today. Thank you
So Gordon, hope you are short and fat! I was always short and slim. Now I'm short and fat from continued use of steroids. Glad something good came of it. Sorry I'm no help
Just remember, they wouldn't do the op if they had any doubts. The very best to you and speedy recovery. Sara
It is like letting air out of a tyre 
I had an op for somthing else. But to be honest, you are rolled in the theatre, they give you an injection and you wke up after as though nothing has happened!
It will be interesting how you manage it after. I suppose you will have loads of physiotherapy to help you breathing?
a chap in the same ward , next bed as me had a chest tube fitted for a pneumothorax as far as im aware this was done by a local anesthetic, he was in very little, but slight , discomfort ,he had it in for two days, then he was ok,
they were going to fit a chest tube on me with a collapsed lung,[air was trapped] but i managed to get through it with antibiotics, i was scared at the prospect, but the lad next to me took it in his stride,,,, i was in a lot longer than him
Know nothing about these ops. But i hope sincerely that you feel better for it. Take courage!
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