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A month after leaving hospital I had a spontanious pneumothoraxCollapsed lung, pneumothorax Pneumothorax Pneumothorax - chest x-ray at work followed by another as I was leaving hospital after treatment. Due to this I was sent for surgery in London. I had VATS Pleurectomy and was told that this opperation will make it impossible for my lung to collapse.
Now I feel uncomfortable in my chest with sharp pains, pain at the end of a deep breath, a feeling of bubbling in my chest occasionally, pressure inside my chest (however an xray yesterday showed my lung fully inflated.
Also, apparently no blebs were found on my lung during the surgery.
I want to know if this has happened to anybody else and what other options are available to stop my lung collapsing?! It is a scary thing to happen and an uncomfortable few days in hospital with the chest drain!