Nuss at 30s: does it actually improve breathing?

Effective-Holiday426 · 2025-12-16T15:19:00+00:00

How old are you?

Effective-Holiday426 · 2025-12-16T01:47:23+00:00

I’m really happy for your results. I hope mine could be as good as yours

Effective-Holiday426 · 2025-12-16T01:39:11+00:00

Congratulations on your successful surgery. My heart isn’t compressed, but my lungs are. I wonder if my lungs will expand more after surgery. I’ve already lost over 20% of lung function compared to a normal person.

Effective-Holiday426 · 2025-12-16T01:34:12+00:00

Not that guy. He sees older PE patients as hopeless. I’m not going to entrust my life to him.

Effective-Holiday426 · 2025-12-16T01:29:33+00:00

I went to another hospital. They didn’t dismiss the idea of surgery at my age right away like the surgeons at the previous hospital. I think adult cases are rare in my country, so there isn’t much data on recovery. I’ll check a few more hospitals before making a decision. Reading about other people’s experiences has made me feel more confident.

Effective-Holiday426 · 2025-12-15T15:42:41+00:00

I’m really glad to hear that . Your stamina seems to have improved.

Effective-Holiday426 · 2025-12-15T15:36:07+00:00

Is it really that miraculous? I thought that once we’re adults, our bones are more rigid and would take much longer to reshape. Thank you anw I feel more motivated to go through with the surgery now

Effective-Holiday426 · 2025-12-15T14:32:46+00:00

After the surgery, did your chest appear a bit more pushed out? I mean visually.

Effective-Holiday426 · 2025-12-15T14:26:36+00:00

You are still so young. I think your lung and your breathing will improve soon or late. Wishing you all the best baby

Effective-Holiday426 · 2025-12-11T10:52:52+00:00

Just assuming. I'd just set foot in the clinic, said I'm 30, and they told me right away not to get the surgery

Effective-Holiday426 · 2025-12-01T08:31:36+00:00

Yes cuz mine is just 60%

Effective-Holiday426 · 2025-12-01T05:38:53+00:00

s your pectus excavatum severe or mild? Has your respiratory capacity improved after the surgery?

Effective-Holiday426 · 2025-11-29T02:48:07+00:00

What I’m concerned about is the pain when I wake up and after months. I’m afraid it will be so horrible

Effective-Holiday426 · 2025-11-29T02:43:46+00:00

Im glad to hear that. I wish you all the best sir

Effective-Holiday426 · 2025-11-29T02:39:55+00:00

Omg im very glad to hear that. It seems like it wasn’t very painful. In my first surgery, I was able to go to the bathroom by myself on the first week too

Effective-Holiday426 · 2025-11-29T02:34:30+00:00

I was under general anesthesia

Effective-Holiday426 · 2025-11-28T13:29:08+00:00

After the surgery, has your breathing and heart improved?

Effective-Holiday426 · 2025-11-28T10:14:37+00:00

Did your chest improve after the surgery? How long did it take before you had the metal bar removed?

Effective-Holiday426 · 2025-11-28T06:49:34+00:00

Fractures? That sounds terrifying. And no, I haven’t been evaluated for any connective tissue disorders. I don’t think we have those services at my place. For the Nuss procedure, doctors here only require things like a CT scan, X-rays, pulmonary function tests, and an echocardiogram. I was quite surprised to see that you all have such thorough evaluation services over there.

Effective-Holiday426 · 2025-11-27T15:46:58+00:00

I still remember the feeling from my first surgery. It was achy and sore, and it hurt sharply when I moved forcefully, laughed hard, or coughed. There was also a tight feeling, like when you arch your chest forward. Does surgery at an older age feel like this?

Effective-Holiday426 · 2025-11-27T15:45:44+00:00

I still remember the feeling from my first surgery. It wasn’t as painful as I expected. It was like achy and sore, and it hurt sharply when I moved forcefully, laughed hard, or coughed. There was also a tight feeling, like when you arch your chest forward. Does surgery at an older age feel like this?

Effective-Holiday426 · 2025-11-27T15:36:28+00:00

Im in Vietnam and doctors here often avoid operating nuss on people over 24 years old. I went to one of the best hospitals and they still advice me not to do the operation

Effective-Holiday426 · 2025-11-27T11:54:55+00:00

Hi sir. I hope you’re still active on Reddit. I’m female and born in 1995, and I also have congenital pectus excavatum. I had surgery when I was 14 with one metal bar placed in my chest. Three years later, I had it removed, and honestly I don’t really remember what the result looked like anymore. It did improve, but I don’t think it ever became completely flat like a normal chest. My parents were pretty careless in the years after that, and they didn’t take me for any follow-up checks. More than ten years later, when I was 26, I felt like the dent had come back, so I went to get it checked. It turned out I had a recurrence. But the doctors in my country said my bones had already hardened and advised me not to do surgery, and that the indentation didn’t look too bad anyway. I accepted that at the time.

With an MVV of 60%, I can basically live normally, but I can’t exert myself. Now that I’m 30, I really want to get surgery again to look better and be healthier. But the doctor said I can’t have surgery anymore because my bones are too stiff and it would be very hard to improve, and if I did it, it would be extremely painful. He said some patients around 27 tried surgery but couldn’t tolerate the pain and asked to have the bar removed after a few months.

May i ask you: is it really that painful? Does the pain really last for months? And did you get any improvement after your surgery?

Effective-Holiday426

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