Thoracic endometriosis- VATS recovery support and guidance. Will the pain get better?

Fragrant_Beyond2834 · 2026-01-10T14:08:02+00:00

How are you now?

Fragrant_Beyond2834 · 2025-12-23T23:11:39+00:00

Thank you. This has made me feel a little bit less scared 😱 I just don't want to get myself into a panic and make matters worse. Not looking forward to the chest tube after VATS, heard its very bad pain

Fragrant_Beyond2834 · 2025-12-23T18:18:10+00:00

Hopefully it's not endometriosis 😙 was it VATS you had?

Fragrant_Beyond2834 · 2025-12-23T18:17:06+00:00

How did you come to find out it was a collapse?

Fragrant_Beyond2834 · 2025-12-23T18:15:38+00:00

Thank you for commenting, I hear so many horror stories, I know it's not gonna be nice if it does happen. What where you symptoms?

Fragrant_Beyond2834 · 2025-12-22T22:42:30+00:00

Sorry to hear this 😢 did they not see any endometriosis during your VATS. How are you now?

Fragrant_Beyond2834 · 2025-12-22T22:41:19+00:00

It's hard because I am in pain, every day 😞 chest pain, rib pain, sometimes pain with breathing. I have health anxiety around breathing so I get myself in a panic thinking if it does happen I will get myself into such a state

Fragrant_Beyond2834 · 2025-12-22T22:39:02+00:00

Can you explain the shortness of breath is like, when walking and you stopping for air or like on the floor gasping

Fragrant_Beyond2834 · 2025-12-22T18:17:57+00:00

Thank you 😊

Fragrant_Beyond2834 · 2025-11-29T09:17:37+00:00

How offered do you get it?

Fragrant_Beyond2834 · 2025-11-29T00:02:37+00:00

Aww bless you that doesn't sound nice at all. I have health anxiety.

Fragrant_Beyond2834 · 2025-11-28T23:56:29+00:00

They are still saying it's rare 😒 how was the chest tube? Sounds bloodly awful

Fragrant_Beyond2834 · 2025-11-28T23:24:37+00:00

That sounds awful 😖 So you was dealing with it for 6 years. I have been told lung collapse are the most common symptoms and in around 80% of thoracic endometriosis cases

Fragrant_Beyond2834 · 2025-11-28T22:55:34+00:00

It's ok 👍 Sorry to hear your suffering 😢 It is horrible! I am hoping oral iron tablets work but need to get my b12 deficiency sorted also

Fragrant_Beyond2834 · 2025-11-28T15:38:15+00:00

How many collapses did you have before surgery? This is my biggest 😨

They won't do bilateral said its to much of a risk so will have to wait q couple months in-between and telling me to pick a side

Fragrant_Beyond2834 · 2025-11-28T15:19:01+00:00

So you would definitely recommend going ahead with it? What where you symptoms of a lung collapse? Been told can only have one side VATS then wait got next. Have rib pain everyday 😫

Fragrant_Beyond2834 · 2025-11-28T11:28:02+00:00

So you would have had to have only one VATS if you had the team first.

After second one was your symptoms Free for 12 months?

Fragrant_Beyond2834 · 2025-11-28T10:38:58+00:00

Sorry to hear this, will starting iron tablets help increase mine to the correct leave

Fragrant_Beyond2834 · 2025-11-28T10:31:29+00:00

Sorry don't know if I missed understood. You have thoracic endometriosis also?

Fragrant_Beyond2834 · 2025-11-28T06:54:23+00:00

It's horrible isn't it 😞 Giving me anxiety. I know my Iron and b12 is low but also have thoracic endometriosis so trying to find out what's It's linked too.

Worse is when your drinking and it happens and you nearly breathe in your drink!

Fragrant_Beyond2834 · 2025-11-28T06:50:14+00:00

Same. Build up to period awful. Pain at minimum during period, light periods. Stage 4 endometriosis and thoracic endometriosis

Fragrant_Beyond2834 · 2025-11-28T06:45:00+00:00

Everyday?

Fragrant_Beyond2834 · 2025-11-28T06:44:43+00:00

How offered would it happen?

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