Thread: Talk about out of the blue

I thought I might share with you my Labour Day weekend and the past week.
I had a mysterious thing happen to me on the Friday of the Labour Day long weekend. I woke up with an extremely sore chest and could barely breath, now I found this odd, as I went to bed perfectly the previous night, with no sign of a cold and I've never had asthma. And seeing as I am young, how could something just happen so out of the ordinary, how could I wake up with something that I had no warning about, I've never had this happen to me. After laying in bed for a while, I decided that uni will have to wait and, stupidly, drove to my parents place which is an hour out of Brisbane. Got half way there, after nearly crashing twice, I pulled into Laidley and went to the doctors. I was prescribed a couple of puffers and some other meds and told to do an x-ray sometime. I managed to drive to my parents place, and stay the night there, still finding it hard to breath and with a sore chest.
The next morning I went to emergency and was diagnosed with a pneumophorax aka a collapsed lung. I had a tube put into the side of my chest, attached to this drain thing, to get all the air out of my chest so the lung could get back up.
To cut a long story short, I ended up getting surgery to repair the hole in my lung and had to spend a week in hospital with heaps of tubes going in and out of me, as well as lots of anesthetic to calm the pain down. And there was lots of pain!
This thing just happened, I didn't get punched in the chest or stabbed or shot. I was told it only happens to tall, skinny young males, and I fit the criteria perfectly. It's just amazing how something could happen to you so quickly, you're healthy one day, and then sick as a dog the next. Spending a week in hospital sorta made me realise who my real friends are, but also how fortunate I am to have good health and how thankful one can be once you feel better.

Thanks

Hendrik

Wow that sounds scary, lucky I was diagnosed straight away, that pain is unbearable. I had key hole surgery, and I'm back on my feet after four days, just need to take it easy.
And yes Louis, lots of Biltong, boerewors and pap en sous, oh and did i mention the Amstel???

Cheers
Hendrik