@jessie1990 I hear you. I'm fed up too. For my surgeon to mention P.T. yesterday as an alternative that I suggested 4 weeks ago, but still not give permission? Makes no sense. What exactly are they going to be operating on? How will they treat the fact you still have a partial collapse lung? I know when they went back and aspirated the rest of the fluid in my lower lobe, they told me the lung would then fill up that space. Nothing more has been said about that, but the coughing did stop. Hopefully you will get more answers than I have gotten. Do you have someone who can be proactive for you?