[martin417]

Jacob,

I sent an you an email, but not sure if you got it (got an incomprehensible reply from my email server) anyway, I too suffered from spontaneous pneumothorax's about 25 years ago. I had one on the right side, then after about a year, I went through three on the left side in a two week period. Apparently it is common among tall thin males under 30 years old. I'm sure you have also been told about Marfan's Syndrome. After the third in two weeks, they did surgery, placing staples across the top of the lung and scarring the inside of the chest cavity to "stick" the lung to the wall. Since then I have had no problems (a couple of false alarms, but no real problems).

Anyway, hang in there, it does get better.

Martin