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@deneane1186, Welcome to Mayo Connect. There are many people here who had VATS (Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery)....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1549884/

Discussion: Post VATS surgery

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: 1 day ago

@rcerwin3 s Surgery done and I must say I am in much less pain than anticipated....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1444196/

Discussion: How was your pain after a lobectomy?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Nov 21, 2025

It’s definitely a lot to go through but VATS definitely helps to reduce a lot of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1549409/

Discussion: Post VATS surgery

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: 2 days ago

Hi I had right lower lobe resection aged 67 this was done by vats and a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1543073/

Discussion: Lung resection at 70

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Apr 5 7:19am

@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

@bobca Hello Bobca…....congratulations that your cancer was evidently caught early and is appearing to be at...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1504309/

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

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Feb 12 5:25pm

@vic83 Thank you for asking. Yeah, I have matching scars both sides. Two VAT surgery within...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1495331/

Discussion: Multifocal Adenocarcinoma of the lung, continual recurrences

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Jan 31 10:29pm

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

I am at Mayo Rochester and they gave me SBRT not proton for my lung nodule-3...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1077948/

Discussion: Multifocal Adenocarcinoma of the lung, continual recurrences

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: May 30, 2024

Hello Joaniepnw, Having a nerve block for your VAT lung surgery is the way to go...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1050077/

Discussion: 12 mm Spiculated Nodule upper right lobe

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Apr 13, 2024

Thank you, you eased my mind. Yes it is going to be a Vats surgery. What...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1049750/

Discussion: 12 mm Spiculated Nodule upper right lobe

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Apr 12, 2024

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