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I am due to have minimally invasive surgery in the 24th. I am having a segmentectomy...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/822973/

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

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Mar 8, 2023

Not sure about the pain you are experiencing but I had a lower left lobectomy in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/819777/

Discussion: Pain lower right rib and cough after robotic lung surgery

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Mar 2, 2023

Yes the big surgery did what it was supposed to do. Recovery time is longer than...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/800954/

Discussion: Phrenic Nerve damage and paralyzed diaphragm: Anyone else have this?

Support Group: Lung Health

Posted: Jan 24, 2023

Thank you so much for your prompt reply StanKent. It is very informative. I have multifocal...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/763382/

Discussion: Increasing pain over time after Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Oct 20, 2022

@tmauko, @corgimenow Hi Tanja. I only just now saw this and hopefully by now you have...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/742870/

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

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Aug 28, 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

Hello I am still at Theda : maybe today I can go home , it has...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/603546/

Discussion: Confused: Lung cancer, pulmonary fibrosis and more

Support Group: Cancer

Posted: May 21, 2021

@marshall8318- Good morning Juliette. I'm glad that you are doing better. There's no doubt that having...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/598624/

Discussion: Partially collapsed lung

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: May 1, 2021

@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

Good Morning! I had my LUL segmentectomy, not a full lobectomy, in March of 2023. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1503725/

Discussion: Tighness and pressure post robotic lobectomy: Will this pass?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Feb 12 7:28am

Hi, my situation was not exactly the same but I had a tumor discovered incidentally in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1463417/

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

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Dec 18, 2025

In reply to @janet23 "@canarsiegirl9 After my first robotic surgery, I was taking Tramadol every 6...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1450110/

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

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Nov 30, 2025

My Thoracic surgeon told me the robotic instruments they insert between the ribs cause nerve damage...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1440196/

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

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Nov 16, 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

I had 1/2 of my right upper lobe removed, resected, and about 6 lymph nodes. All...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1407943/

Discussion: How was your pain after a lobectomy?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Oct 4, 2025

Hi Thank you. I had a segmentectomy of Upper left lung. I am fine now. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1395527/

Discussion: Scared, Frustrated with not being able to make dr appt. need advice

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Sep 17, 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

mamalinda61, hi, congratulations with your surgery and 3 weeks out, the time passes fast and healing...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1316061/

Discussion: Feeling full

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: May 29, 2025

@hnreinhart12 and @daleliebermand3, "Mostly" cancer free for the last 7 years doesn't mean completely cancer free....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1304463/

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

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: May 15, 2025

Hi Dale- I also had a bronchoscopy, and then a stress test a few weeks later,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1300327/

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

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: May 9, 2025

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