Pneumothorax. Sounds like a sea creature you'd find scraping the bottom of the ocean.
It's also a word I'd never heard before November 14, 2005.
And unless you're a medical professional, chances are your life was forever altered by something you'd never heard of either.
If you're first experience with pneumo was anything like mine - a collapsed lung was the last thing that crossed my mind when the pain settled in.
Only 4 in 100,000 people per year experience a spontaneous pneumothorax. From November 2005 'til now, I've never personally met a fellow pneumo victim - and I'm no mountain-man. In that time I've lived in the Salt Lake City metro area populated by around 2 million people.
If you've just recently found pneumo, welcome to the club. I know how you're feeling. The uncertanty that follows a pneumo is a little scary. Hopefully my story can give you some valuable insight into the days to come.
Keep your head up - you're gonna be fine.
Until next time, no-mo' pneumo's.
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