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Marathon_Murse1 karma

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.

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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.