Hi Carly! It's been quite a while since my collapsed lungs... I'm assuming you had a chest tube? Were you schlerosed? Or did you have any other means of helping the lung to "stick" to the chest wall???
In a few of the collapsed lungs I experienced - after they got it back in place with chest tube(s), they put an agent into my chest through the tube to inflame/irritate the outside of my lungs and inside of my chest wall, so that they would scar together - 30+ years ago they used tetracycline - 15-20 years ago they used a lye & lidocane solution... I remember in the months after those treatments, at times breathing was a little different - pulling and spasms and whatnot occured in different areas of my chest... They either went away or I grew accustomed to them...
I would make sure that your docs/clinic understand exactly what you're feeling so they can decide whether to take a closer look - or whether it might simply be normal...
Hope your transplant work-up is going well... I got my beautiful, new lungs over 12 years ago - they blow my freaking mind still... I hope your journey is as amazing... Love, Steve
