Hi. A few weeks ago, back in mid October, I had a feeling of not breathing on my left side and a bit of pain. I went to the ER, not a hospital, but I guess you call an advanced doctor's office. I told the doctor what was wrong with me and when he used his stethoscope to listen to my breathing, he pointed out I had Pleurisy. It's a virus that infects the lungs and respiratory system and if not treated quickly, could turn into bronchitis or pneumonia. I took the medicine prescribed and the number of days and the virus indeed went away. After that, I felt very small soreness on my left side whenever I pick up heavy stuff.

Just 11 days ago on Wednesday, November 27, somewhere between 3:30 am and 4 am EST, I woke up and it happened again. This time I went to the hospital thinking it was pleurisy again. After a couple of X-rays, the doctors confirmed that my left lung had completely collapsed. They put a small tube in on my left side hoping to inflate it. It didn't exactly work to so several hours later they had to remove it and put in a bigger one. For a little while, it seemed to do the trick, but after 6 days, the surgeon told me that this would not work and that my lung had re-collapsed but not completely, so I had to have surgery. My lung got fixed and had to stay a few more days to recover but between after waking up in the ICU and a day and a half later, I had a lot of nausea and gagging which was painful. Finally, after being in the hospital for 11 days, they were getting me ready to go home. I just got home a couple of hours ago and boy did I really miss this place. :>