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 | 10/23/2005 -- peter
Hi, does anyone know about if you can go scuba diving or ski-diving after a pneumothorax, i had one about 4 years ago and they did surgury and it hasn't given me problems so i was just wondering...
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| 10/16/2005 -- Philip Faler
Hello all, I am glad to hear that I am not the only one who has what I have come to call a leaky lung. I am 29 YO Male and tall and skinny, which is the only cause a doctor has ever told me..... I think my pack of cigerettes a day is preety likly culprit, I am trying to qiut. any how I have had three SPs all treated with chest tubes and once in combonation with talc solution poured into my ches cavity. It has been four years since my last pneumo. I currently have 25% collapsed on the right. I do not want to get any sort of surgery, as i here alot about recurrent pain from scar tissue and such things. Any how I am wanting to hear from folks who have either had the surerys and what the out come was and if any one has let a 25% SP heal on it own? My plan is to quit smoking and start a daily practice of yogic breathing to strengthen lung chi.
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| 08/18/2005 -- Cherlynn
Hi, I am a respiratory therapist who has had 3 spon. pneumo's since April 10 2005!How ironic. The first was >70%, the second was 50%, and third 25%. On 7/1/05 I had a pleurodesis with talc as well had a portion of my apex removed. The surgeon did not find any blebs.I have to say that I was scared to death of the surgery, but it was not all that bad. I had good pain management which helped alot!I am feeling great and getting back to normal. I wondered about flying-I would like to fly 4 mo. post op, has anyone had any complications? Please respond-and by the way, this website is very encouraging I really appreciate it!!
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| 03/30/2005 -- Nicolette
Hallo allemaal,
Hot item ineens, Jack Spijkerman in het nieuws met een klaplong.
Ik hoop dat hij snel herstelt, bij mij duurde het wel 6 maanden voor ik me weer de oude voelde. Angst voor herhaling was er veel langer.
Iedereen veel sterkte en beterschap en vergeet niet op mijn site te kijken deze is speciaal voor de klaplong gemaakt.
www.home.planet.nl/~vinkevos/
Groetjes Nicolette
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| 03/30/2005 -- jacob
beterschap Spijkerman
was het een spontane klaplong?
Ik had 12 jaar geleden
een spt
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| 03/28/2005 -- Jack Blackbourn
reply to tommy regarding scuba diving etc. ive been told tommy that us pneumothoraxians cant ever go scuba diving, flying in an unpressurised aircraft above 8000ft, flying in a passenger aircraft like we use to go on holiday is ok after the first 3 months, hope that can be a help to you, email me if you have any more questions alright geezer
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| 03/22/2005 -- Earl True
I recently had a 100% collapsed lung in march then again this month they did vats. My quistion is it was 70% collapsed this time I would imagine that with this of a severe case vats would not be the right route to go right? whats even more disturbing is that most cases i have read the ER docs just seem to inflate the lungs and assure us it will be ok without surgery. Then bam it happens again then we get online only to discover its a big issue everywere and were not alone. I think that most ER docs just want to get away from us because they think of us as a constant problem and if we survive a few years and are/or relocated its not there problem, especeally if your uninsured like myself. scared stiff 22 in washington
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