Digitech66

I have experienced the exact feeling myself at the age of 24. I waited about four days before the pain was too much to handle. arriving in the ER, the staff took me ahead of the waiting patients as "chest pain" was a priority. soon after the X-rays were taken the Dr. and several staff members rushed into my room and wheeled me into trauma. As the Dr. prepared for the procedure he explained to me that I had a "pneumothorax" , which is the medical term for a collapsed lung. I thought the pain was intolerable until the Dr. cut a hole into my chest and forced a long thick rod inside a catheter....then removed the rod leaving the catheter ( tube ) . The tube was then connected to a vacuum container which removed the air pressure inside my right side chest. The expansion of my lung was the most unrelenting pain I have or ever will experience in my entire life. I hope and pray this is not what you are experiencing. I wish you the best of luck. ( the only good thing in the entire experience was the pain medication I was given.) ** LOL**

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