How Long Does Recovery
Take From Lung Surgery? My husband will be getting
surgery on his right
lung to remove a loculated pleural effusion.
Does anyone know
how long he can expect to have to stay in the hospital after
surgery and
how long before he is back on his feet? I can't seem to find any information on the recovery time's.
Answer
he will probably need...
anyone heard of this type of
lung cancer (on the outside) or has anyone you know suffered
from it?
Any advice?
Answer
Lung cancer is a serious diagnosis as I am sure you are aware. I know someone who had one lung completely removed due to lung cancer and has survived. Much depends on how the patient responds to treatment. In many cases, whilst the cancer...
had five pelvic surgeries (not laser but cut open from belly button to pelvic bone) in the course of 4 1/2 years. I know how awful surgeries are. Dogs hid the pain. It is not in their best interest to appear vulnerable, it's a left over from their wolf days.
I tried everything to keep her another day. I take Enbrel for my Ankylosing Spondylitis (which she had in dog form) and began sharing my...
After Heart Surgery How Long Does It Take For The Chest Area To Feel Normal.4 Months Now.? My shoulderblade are sore if I tilt my head toward either side or fown.If I tilt my head forward and down toward my chest, Also I feel discomford in the breastbone. I had fluid collected in the lung area and had it drained off, thorsentesis (misspelled). That might account for some of the discomfort. Some...
Surgery: Lung Transplant. Why Can't Lung Transplant Surgery Be Performed Without Breaking Each Rib? Can't the tubes and veins where the lungs are attached at the top simply be cut and the old lungs pulled out with the new lungs replacing themand simply reattaching the tubes and viens? Sorry I don't know the medical names for all theses, it just seems like with how far modenr medicine has...
exercise after open heart
surgery as he is keen to get back into it but
does not feel his body is up for it which I believe is more psychological than physical.
Does anyone have any books they could recommend on this subject???
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Firstly, I should point out that almost half of cardiac patients will suffer from some degree of depression after their index event,...
will be in the ICU with a tube in her windpipe helping her breath (which is normal), and she will have tubes in her chest (which is also normal) to help re-expand the lungs and drain the fluid out of the space between her lungs and her chest.
Once "Nanna" has teh tube removed from her windpipe, she will go to a regular telemetry floor (meaning that she will have a monitor placed to see how her heart rhythm...
as dehydration. Typically, this is treated with reduced fluid and salt intake and diuretics. The most powerful / quickest way to administer diuretics is by IV. It makes you pee like a Rushing Race Horse.
Problems like this are not uncommon. She went through just about as major of a surgery as a person can get. The heart does not take too kindly to being handled much less cut and sewed back...
How Long For The Pain To Stop After Open Heart Surgery? I had open heart surgery about a week ago. already took all of my pain pills and cant get any more till i see the dr next week. just want to know how long to expect the pain to continue? oh yea i have namounia too in one lung and that hurts also, took all of antibiotics but still feel it in there. cant take over counter pain meds cause of my...
Dog Osteosarcoma Now With Lung Mets? Has anyone had a dog diagnosed with secondary lung tumors (in this example spreading to the lungs from osteosarcoma of the leg - the leg was removed and chemo was given but there are now tumors in the lungs)
that opted to have surgery to remove the lung tumors? I am about to get a second opinion and I was curious if anyone has taken this route.
I...