@ruthiepeg2 Curious, are you coughing at all? I have had severe pain since July. It was usually at the site of the operation, but now it feels like my lower rib on the opposite site is painful. I know it takes awhile for the lung to "drop" into the space created by the removal of lower lung being wedged, so I have tried to be patient. Just seems like the pain should have resolved 9 months post surgery. I am at the point I may go into the ER and just have an X-ray to see if anything has changed on either side. I ended up switching to a doctor who is a specialist in carcinoid tumors not far from me. He admitted that doing lung surgery with a robot can often result in PTPS. (Post-thoracotomy pain syndrome). It is caused primarily by intercostal nerve damage. For some people it can be so bad they have to go on disability. I'm praying the nerve block will work this time. I'm tired.