Post op first winter after pleurodesis
Hey all. I'm stoked there is a support group here of fellow bum lungs.
So I collapsed my left lung pretty badly in late feb this year (left side) and have made a full recovery. That being said we are coming into winter here in Australia and I'm noticing a lot of 'phantom pains' like ripping and tearing sensations around the surgical site and where I had some lung polyp cut out.
I believe this is because of cold air and low pressure systems being more common in winter and I guess I'm getting paranoid about having another incident. It's really quite affecting my mental health as it nearly ruined me financially and career wise (I'm studying horticulture to get out of hospo)
Does anyone have any advice on managing lung pain or any advice at all in general that I wouldn't even think to ask? Like struggling to exercise because I'm worried about over doing it etc (AUDHD, so it can be tough to notice things internally sometimes until it's screaming at me)