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I had a collapsed lung when I was 18. Didnt realise what the pain was - thought Id badly pulled a muscle in my back. I was going out that night though and still went - got drunk which was amazing for killing the pain and then walked home.
Next Saturday morning I was bad though. On a hospital operating table in the afternoon. Conscious with a young doctor putting a bit of bunsen burner tube into my side via some sort of harpoon.
Horrific.
They connected me to a demi john of water like a school science experiment. But managed to get the tubes the wrong way round. So that didnt work and then messed up my lung to the extent I had to go to Norwich for a big operation.
So full respect to Kieron. I know how scary that feeling is.
Apologies for this being a bit self indulgent but it did bring it all back reading it.