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Old 05-25-2004, 08:25 PM  
AliciaK
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Central Florida
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Quote:
Originally posted by MattO
I had a collapsed lung when I was 19 and they performed a procedure on me while I was awake, where an acid-like substance was introduced into my chest cavity in order to scar my lung, so that when re-inflated, it would adhere to the chest wall. For 2 hours I was in so much pain I couldn't even scream.
At the height of agony, the doctor leaned over me and said "did you know that the surface of your lung is as sensitive as your eyeball?"
I still get panic attacks whenever I think I feel any kind if chest pain, and it's been 17 years.
OUCH!!!!!
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