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Sympathy needed :-(

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dejags · 22/08/2007 15:37

DH is in hospital

He has had a terribly sore chest for the best part of a month. After a lot of to-ing and fro-ing to various specialists we found out today what the problem is.

Basically, tall thin men are at risk of a spontaneous (lung collapsing). The "cure" is a little more complicated than the average collapsed lung.

He is having surgery today - to remove the affected pleural lining (this may be the entire lining of his left lung). A stay in ICU tonight and perhaps tomorrow and a fair bit of pain.

My poor love. I have never heard of this before

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dejags · 22/08/2007 15:38

that would be a spontaneous pneumothorax...

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StormInADcup · 22/08/2007 15:39

good lord!
hope he's ok,
I never heard of that, either...

Hurlyburly · 22/08/2007 15:39

No more had I heard of it!

Very sorry for you and your DH and hoping for a speedy recovery.

NAB3 · 22/08/2007 15:39

Oh dear! Hope he is soon better.

Saturn74 · 22/08/2007 15:39

Oh dear, that must be very worrying.
I hope he's soon back to good health.

southeastastra · 22/08/2007 15:39

ow poor thing

NomDePlumeCantFindTheCatch · 22/08/2007 15:40

Gosh. Poor bloke. I hope he is back home and feeling fine soon.

dejags · 22/08/2007 15:42

thanks. I feel pretty lonely. Our extended family are pretty disinterested. Not one offer of a visit or help with the three kids .

I feel sorry for him that none of his family care enough to pop in to see him.

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margosbeenplayingwithmynoonoo · 22/08/2007 15:43

One of myt colleagues had this and was off work for quite a while. Huge sympathy to your dh.

dejags · 22/08/2007 16:27

He is out of surgery and in a lot of pain .

They are giving him some diamorphine as we speak.

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saggarmakersbottomknocker · 22/08/2007 17:03

Oh crikey dejags. Bet you thought you'd seen the last of the hospital. Hope he's better very soon.

jofeb04 · 22/08/2007 17:05

Oh no dejags,

Hope he is well soon. Do they know what could have caused it?

Carmenere · 22/08/2007 17:09

Sorry to hear this dejags, the poor fellow, and por you there is nothing worse than worrying about your dh

pippo · 22/08/2007 17:16

I have heard of this, but fortunatley never had to witness it, but then both dh and dd have Marfan Syndrome - so as they are tall and thin they are more prone to it than the general populus. Hope your hubby is much better soon.

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IncredibleShrinkingMumbletonia · 22/08/2007 17:57

So sorry to hear that your dh is in the hospital I hope he has a speedy recovery. Hopefully you have friends nearby that might help out since family is being so inconsiderate about it?

aloha · 22/08/2007 17:58

Oh this sounds AWFUL. I have never heard of it either. I hope the treatment is swift and successful. It sounds scary. Have you got anyone looking after you?

aloha · 22/08/2007 17:59

Oh, sorry, I see you don't.

Pinkchampagne · 22/08/2007 18:01

Sorry to hear about your poor DH. I hope he makes a speedy recovery.

BadKitten · 22/08/2007 19:48

how awful I hope he makes a quick recovery.

Its time to call in favours from friends - you know you'd help if they asked.

vole3 · 23/08/2007 03:56

Don't make him laugh!
Seriously, one of the known causes of spontaneous pneumothorax is laughing too hard if you are the 'right' build.
A pleurodesis should sort him out and now he knows what the symptoms are, he will be aware should he get problems on the other side.
Sorry he's had to go through this as chest drains don't look like a lot of fun, but he will be better soon.

LieselVentouse · 23/08/2007 05:43

My dh had this 14 yrs ago and had similar surgery - i didnt realise it was common in tall thin men - which he was at the time - do they call it pneumo thorax - or something?

I have to say he is fine now and it made him chuck smoking which is never a bad thing

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Othersideofthechannel · 23/08/2007 05:55

Poor chap. He will need rest and tlc when he comes out of the hospital so hopefully his family will have a chance to make amends.

DH had this just after he graduated. He has been told to avoid unnecessary pressure on the lungs ie no scuba diving.

He has not suffered since, it was over 10 years ago.

I am shocked that it took them so long to find out what it was. I am sure DH's showed on the x-ray.

MrsJohnCusack · 23/08/2007 07:24

oooh you have had such a bad run of luck dejags. I hope he is home and on the mend soon. Very sorry too that family are being useless

Piffle · 23/08/2007 07:27

dejags cannot belive all that has happened to you this year.

I hope DH op went ok and he is feeling alright

Take care and try not to worry

xxxx

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