[madubois63]

Hey Pinkygirl - Love your new picture. I need to update mine.

After draining the fluid with a tube (sometimes left in for days), the doc blows talc in to the tube. The talc adheres the lung to the chest wall so that fluid can't fill the space again.

I had this done 4 years ago, but fluid was slowly able to build up again over the last few years. The fluid really filled in after the relapse was discovered, and you may remember I had to have the procedure done again. So far, there hasn't been any fluid build up, but I am a walking barometer. The change of air pressure effects my breathing. I have woken up many times with shallow breathing a few hours before a storm comes through. Very annoying. If you look at the times of my posts from last night, you can tell last night was one of those nights...finally fell back to sleep after 3 am when there was 2 inches of snow on the ground...