Marathon_Murse

Sorry to break into an AMA reply like this, but just thought I should point out that spontaneous pneumos tend to happen to younger people with more slim/athletic builds, so getting in shape really isn't going to prevent them.

Blebs happen when they happen, and they're about the only medical condition getting in shape won't stop.

How were you about pain? What did they give you?

I'm an RN on a cardiac IMCU, and we see a lot of chest tubes. In my experience, guys our age are punks. Dilaudid every 3 hours, Norco every 4. Refusing to get out of bed. Meanwhile 87-year-old granny that just got her lung removed is doing laps with her chest tube canister in one hand and an oxygen tank in the other.