Thanks everyone. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
But, unfortunately the night of my first post I became quite sure I had the pneumothorax (btw, thats what the hole-in-lung is called) because I recognised the bubbling of excaping air when I bent down one time. Hurrayz! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
This morning the hospital confirmed it (took them a couple hours <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/suspicion.gif" alt="" /> ): my lung was deflated by about 17% (another btw; last time it was about 20 to 25%, not 50% ; fifty % would've meant I'd already be (x.x) <--Dead or in need of major immediate surgery;... so, not 50% <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> ). They made me nervous with the long wait because they said I might need the tube, but in the end they decided they'd just keep an eye on it with dayly X-rays just to be sure. Thank God, it should be okay if I just take it easy.
That said though; dang, HeF! A hole in yer heart? Small or not, the thought of it would make me shudder more than the lung thing. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" /> My props to you for making that goal to stay healthy and to beat out the chances of anything wrong. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" />
Okydoke. TTFN! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
Killerzzz
P.S.: I think one of the doctors was a wee bit annoyed since it seemed like I knew what I was talking about when I explained the problem to him (since I'd had it before). I dunno; maybe he was just a little tired in the morning, maybe he just has one of those personalities, but I coulda sworn it was one of those things where the professional doesn't like having his job done by the patient. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ROFL.gif" alt="" />
