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Abdominal muscle out of place after VATS surgrgery

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alex43110
alex43110

Im 21 years old and I lift weights, run, and play basketball and football on a regular basis. I had VATS surgery on my left lung about 2 months ago because of a spontaneous Pneumothorax and ive noticed that my top  left abdominal muscle is completely missing, i would normally chalk it up as a loss of muscle mass but tonight while working out my abs i could feel that abdominal muscle hardening up as i worked it out but it was way off to the right side of my abdomen, the best way i can describe it is that it felt like it was underneath my ribcage but sticking out far enough to the right side for me to feel. Thats the best way i can explain it. Has anyone else experienced anything similair?

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  • kmzkmz
    kmzkmz alex43110

    Posted

    Hello

    Alex, 

    I have right pneumothorax 2 months ago ,i have same problem with you, i just noticed that my top  right abdominal muscle is completely missing, i wanna ask, hows your abdominal muscle now .., is that getting better and back to normal or it will be missing forever ? 

  • Canadian8
    Canadian8 alex43110

    Posted

    i had this same problem too. It's been about 7 years now and i do see some of it back. but not prominent like the other side.

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