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It doesn't have to be painful---if you are medicated before the proceedure and afterward/
But pleurodesis is not painless--but it is far preferrable to fluid on the lung and not being able to breathe.
There are better methods than the old "blow the talc in through the chest tube" method. My doctor says that it went out with the dinosaur, and there is a more precise and accurate way to scar the lining. You need to see what you are doing.
Don't wait till your lung is so damaged that surgery is nessessary! Itis worth your time and money to find a pulmonary surgeon , one which (if you can) specializes in pulmonary surgery and ideally (like my doctor in San Jose) specializes in pulmonary oncology---not a common thing.
Write me, I'll try to help you!
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