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I had the repair yesterday, it was quite a tedious procedure and I was under sedation 3 hrs, they didn’t see the leak but they used a solution to try and plug the leak. They removed chest tube today and discharged me after a cxr. My chemo is delayed again. I was suppose to start last Thursday but I have to wait 2 weeks to repeat cxr. This scares me. How soon did you start chemo after diagnosis? Thank you for your encouraging words. I surely need them after a 10 days hospitalization.

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@amareese my chemo started a month after diagnosis. Your body needs to heal from this most recent surgery and I send hope that the next cxr shows it has healed. In the meantime, contact your surgeon and ask if a regular CT or a low dose CT might give them a better picture of the spot that had the leak to better evaluate it.