Pneumo Thorax

[Sharp67]

I just got out of the hospital about two months ago because i had a pneumo thorax...i was wondering if any of you had ever have this happen to you as well...the doctor said it happens a lot to tall, skinny males. here is the link describing what it is
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumothorax
BTW i had to have a chest tube put in because it was over 20% collapsed

 

[Zopy]

Woah. Ouch. That had to suck.

I had something like that when I was born, but I can't remember.

 

[Sharp67]

it was very boring in that hospital room

 

[Snakely]

have you been tested for Marfan Syndrome?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marfan_syndrome
might be worth checking out, especially if you have any of the other symptoms


good luck dude!

 

[!Woodstock!]

Ouch. Glad you got through it.

 

[Sharp67]

nope already been checked for morphans and it showed negatige...weird thing is, is that it was a spontaneous pneumo thorax, which means they don't know what caused it

 

[subtle_turtle]

Wow, that is crazy! Spontaneous pnuemo thoraxes aren't all that uncommon, but they are scary and painful, especially if they had to put in a chest tube! That is scary stuff there!
I'm glad to hear that you are doing better! I'm also sorry to hear that the hospital was boring. Did they at least have wireless internet? The hospital I work in does, and I think it's probably fast enough to play games over.

 

[RedFlag]

Uh oh, I'm a tall skinny male. *gulp*
That must suck though dude. Glad to hear your ok though.

 

[JohnnyOnTheSpot]

My friend that is also a tall skinny male had this happen, thrice. The second time they put it in the first lung that collapsed b/c it was his first recurrence but then while that fixed the one side, the other proceeded to collapse and so he had to have that fixed as well. Not very fun for anybody involved with that.

 

[Sharp67]

ouch i would hate to be put in that position...yes they had blazing fast wireless internet...yes i have a laptop from the early 1500's...seriously who uses an intel celeron 500MHz processer and 64 MB of RAM and 4MB of VRAM and 15 GB HD and 15" screen...the thing weighs about 300 lbs!!! so yeah it was boring...couldnt play TF2