@trki My pleural effusion
is being monitored by a CT scan and ultrasound at the doctor’s office, and if anything further needs to be done, it’s always a CT scan. It used to be X-rays, but not anymore they just go by the CT scans. The surgery wasn’t 100% successful, so I’m left with a pocket of fluid, but it’s not expected to get bigger since my lungs are sealed. By the pleurodisis
Before the surgery, I had nine thoracentisis, almost every month.
each removing 1.5–2 liters of fluid. I’ve been dealing with this for a year, and while it’s frustrating not knowing why it started, thankfully I don’t have any symptoms, and they’re just monitoring it.