Talk about out of the blue

bloody hell, glad everythings sorted. Catch up soon for some much needed rest by the sounds of it. I'll be sure to be at X-box's place when he helps to fatten you up :angel:

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Originally Posted by Numpty's Missus

Tis true Hendrik....no idea why that is, but we get quite a few tall, skinny young men with spontaneous pneumothorax's at work. Just seems to happen :(

Good to hear you are fixed and on the road to recovery :) Bit scarey I would imagine.

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Does it happen to any particular age group?

They dont call me stick for nothing either:(

Hi Scarry,

I was told that it is most common around 17 to 19, but I know of blokes in their 20's who've had it.

It only really, really, really, really, really hurts if one lung goes completely down IME. Changes your perception of pain, for life. Second time doesn't hurt as much.

HTH, DL

I can agree with that, the pain is horrible. I had to keep getting pethidine to calm it down, couldn't breath normally otherwise. I really don't want this happening to me again, I keep hearing cases where it does happen to people twice. If it happens in the right lung, it can push the heart out of position towards the middle of the chest, and I can only imagine how painful that could be.

Cheers
Hendrik

That really doesn't sound like fun at all. Glad to hear you are ok and getting over it.

bummer :(.................. hope your well soon mate

cheers

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Originally Posted by Hendrik

I can agree with that, the pain is horrible. I had to keep getting pethidine to calm it down, couldn't breath normally otherwise. I really don't want this happening to me again, I keep hearing cases where it does happen to people twice. If it happens in the right lung, it can push the heart out of position towards the middle of the chest, and I can only imagine how painful that could be.

Cheers
Hendrik

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Fear not Hendrik.

At least peth worked for you, it didn't for me.

The odds of the same (left) lung going down are remote. In my case (normal at the time) the surgeon removes the pleura (membrane lining the chest cavity) and inserts an abrasive which 'encourages' the lung to stick to the chest wall, so it can never deflate even after something like a knife injury.

You'll be fine, read my original post.

HTH, DL

Glad to hear your feeling better.........:)
Thankfully I'm just a shorthish lean & wiry guy,so didnt have that when I was a youngster(a looooooong timne ago);) :p

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Originally Posted by 350RRC

Fear not Hendrik.

At least peth worked for you, it didn't for me.

The odds of the same (left) lung going down are remote. In my case (normal at the time) the surgeon removes the pleura (membrane lining the chest cavity) and inserts an abrasive which 'encourages' the lung to stick to the chest wall, so it can never deflate even after something like a knife injury.

You'll be fine, read my original post.

HTH, DL

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Yeah that's what the surgeon did for me, removed the lining like peeling a carpet, and the lung now sticks to the chest wall, like you say. Feels a bit funny and numb around that area still, but apparently that disappears after a while and should feel normal. I'm more worried about it happening with the other lung, this has really set me back, need to catch up on a lot of work now.
Just need to take it easy now I guess.
Cheers
Hendrik