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Your deep breath pain history is interesting to know. I am still better and just had...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/763771/

Discussion: Increasing pain over time after Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Oct 21, 2022

@kkckkjm There are three different approaches that your surgeon can use to remove part of your...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/728805/

Discussion: Pain after robotic assisted lobectomy: How long does it last?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Jul 20, 2022

6+ months ago, I had VAT surgery on right lung but only wedge resection not removal...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/725026/

Discussion: Pain after robotic assisted lobectomy: How long does it last?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Jul 8, 2022

Best wishes. I had VATs at Mayo 6 months ago and have the same pillow!!!! I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/719036/

Discussion: My husband had lobectomy surgery: Mayo was wonderful!

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Jun 19, 2022

@bobca I assume this is a VAT (video assisted thoracic surgery). I had my first wedge...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1514933/

Discussion: Living with lung cancer - Introduce yourself & come say hi

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Feb 26 9:03am

Hi, I’m a 74 year old female and had a lobectomy on my left upper lung...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1488369/

Discussion: What Can I Expect Before and After Lobectomy?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Jan 21 7:37pm

I had lung VAT wedge resection at AGE 80. I was driving my car one week...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1462899/

Discussion: VATS approach for lung nodule surgery: How was your recovery? Pain?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Dec 17, 2025

Thats the thing about VATS. Small incisions are much less painful and you heal much faster....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1462888/

Discussion: VATS approach for lung nodule surgery: How was your recovery? Pain?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Dec 17, 2025

Sorry to hear you are suffering from this but great thing is that it was taken...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1441293/

Discussion: How was your pain after a lobectomy?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Nov 17, 2025

@snorfish, I also live alone, and I traveled by airplane to Mayo Rochester by myself for...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1427624/

Discussion: Going through lobectomy alone

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Oct 31, 2025

Even with the VATS SURGERY, I had to wean off of all the meds they gave...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1364142/

Discussion: Sub-solid nodule grew from 3.5 to 8 in a year: Wait for scan?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Aug 5, 2025

My second VAT was significantly more painful than the first. The follow-up CT scan showed there...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1328619/

Discussion: Nerve Pain

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Jun 16, 2025

I had a right lower lobectomy by VATS in April of 2023, 3 months after I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1260480/

Discussion: Just diagnosed with 1.2 cm lung nodule

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Mar 17, 2025

So today was the day after surgery for my VATS resection. One of the nurses who...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1236342/

Discussion: 1 cm lung cancer tumor with COPD & emphysema: Anxious

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Feb 13, 2025

I have decided I don't want to know the results. I don't expect them to be...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1128218/

Discussion: Chemo for pT1a? Also two independent (primary) cancers

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Aug 21, 2024

12 years after an attempted VATS talc thoracotomy, I still have intermittent pain from the injury...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1070010/

Discussion: Sudden numbness 2 months post VATS

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: May 18, 2024

Hugs to you too! I know this is not an easy time for you, there is...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1049715/

Discussion: 12 mm Spiculated Nodule upper right lobe

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Apr 12, 2024

Hi there! I’m truly sorry you're on this road but very Happy you found this web...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1020550/

Discussion: Did anyone have a missed diagnosis of NSCLC?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Feb 22, 2024

One thing to ask is about the coughing and breathing exercises you must do after surgery....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/990103/

Discussion: Questions I should ask before surgery for Lung NETs?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Jan 2, 2024

Oh my, good to know it took over 4 years for yours to grow to 1.5...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/943674/

Discussion: Had lobectomy in 2020 still having radiating severe nerve pain.

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Oct 7, 2023

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