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I've got myself a big old pectus excavatum, I've not undergone the nuss procedure, but I went through a period for a few years around middle school (currently I'm 24) where I'd black out for no reason here and there.

It kind of just stopped happening after a while and I just recently read through another pectus thread where people experienced blackouts and the light switch went on in my head that it's probably what caused them.

The cost is really what kills me, gotta love some USA healthcare :(

It's kind of hard to tell how deep yours was compared to how mine currently is, I know mine photographs strangely and doesn't really show the shape and how deep it is all too well. But if I had to guess, I'd say mine's about as deep if not very slightly deeper, and mine also is wider.

It sounds to me like that's what was causing the blackouts, I'm guessing it was pressing on my heart or lungs as I grew, but eventually I grew out of it. Thank god it never went past blacking out because my doctor turned me away plenty of times with no real explanation.

Was there a specific kind of doctor you went to to be assessed for whether or not it was medically necessary for you to receive the Nuss procedure, or did you just go to your regular physician?

Although you're probably still right that I should get it checked out with the context that it probably happened because of my PE, I don't really think it's as much of an issue any more seeing as how the blackouts stopped when I was maybe 12 or 13. Probably during growth spurts and such when my body was developing. Pretty surprising that my doctor never thought to attribute blackouts to a big gaping hole growing in my chest actually... maybe I should find a new one =/