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Increasing pain over time after Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery
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Short answer is yes. It took 2+
Years to subside for me 2yrs of pain with Every.deep.breath.
I too had a small stage0 mass and lost my left lower lobe.
I too had scans and all manner of exploration looking for aource of pain. Nada. I cant do NSAIDs and don’t do narcotics. But I will tell you that a course of prednisone did the trick for me. It came back but i got a brief interlude where I could take a deep breath. That suggested it was garden variety inflammation.
I needed to keep prednisone ‘special’ so if I had an RA Flare it would be effective . So I worked with my Rheumy and would take a five day course periodically - helped me mentally to put that pain on the shelf for a few days. In between alternate icepack and heat Pads when you’re just relaxing. And do those stupid “blow into the gizmo” breathing
Exercises.
It finally subsided for the last time after a couple Of years.
I hope that is helpful. Good luck!!
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@pb50 Thank you for your post. Amazing the prednisone worked for you, but I can see why. You would think doctors would think to prescribe these alternative therapies, especially with pain lasting so long. You mentioned you had your entire lower lobe removed (?) Did they use staples internally? I had quite a few, and only had a lower lobe wedge. I don't do well with some metals and thought that could be causing my pain. Was the lessening of your pain a gradual thing over time for you? I was told I would be back to work after 6 weeks. Not a happening thing.