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Phrenic Nerve damage and paralyzed diaphragm: Anyone else have this?
Lung Health | Last Active: Feb 23 2:30pm | Replies (175)Comment receiving replies
The same thing happened to my diaphragm !
The left side of my diaphragm suddenly died and that's when I lost my breath and I have trouble breathing since then !
I also had surgery to get the paralyzed part off my lung and stitch it down but they couldn't put a stimulator in it !
To this day, my doctors don't know why my diaphragm did this !
Good luck to you !
Donald Goss
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I too have a paralyzed diaphragm with no idea what caused it. I am facing possible diaphragmatic placation surgery. Where did you have it done and who was your surgeon?
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Good luck to you too. They have no idea why mine died also. My lungs are very scarred and only my pulmonologist can tell when I have pneumonia. I live in The Villages in Florida. My husband did a lot of researching on what could be done. There is a doctor in New Jersey that sometimes replace the phrenic nerve. You have to have good oxygen. I don’t so I am not a candidate for that surgery. You would have to check with him. His name is Dr Michael Kaufman.