Lung surgery recovery

my surgery was in july so i am a little ahead of you ,but listen to the doctors dont rush ,you will know your own body and when your ready ,take care 

Hi Laura

Do you know anything specific about your mum's cancer and the type of radiotherapy being offered?  Mine was low grade adenocarcinoma and I was offered SBRT.  I chose that over surgery but it wasn't totally successful so in April last year I had a VATS lobectomy.  All my margins and lymph nodes were clear so I didn't need any further treatment.

The hospital part of my recovery from surgery absolutely sucked, even more so because I tested positive for covid on day 5 and my discharge was delayed by another 3 days.

I complied with the instructions not to lift anything so I was pretty OK by the time I saw my surgeon at my 6 week follow up.  My breathing wasn't affected by having one less lobe.  The likelihood of your breathing being affected depends on your lung function tests, so your mum should ask her surgeon about that.

As the soreness from the surgery diminished it was replaced by a feeling of numbness and tightness.  A lot of people describe it as like wearing a bra 3 sizes too small, and that's fairly accurate.

9 months out, I often forget that I only half half of my left lung.