coughing (was: Re: Debbi-going for surgery)

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I was wondering if pleural effusion is the same thing as pleurisy. I had

pleurisy once and that was extremely painful every time I took a breath.

Gotta breathe, right? I hope you are not in pain,

n Houston

> In my case, I only have trouble with coughing when I'm aspirating (which

thankfully I haven't done in years now.)

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> Debbi

> I know the coughing thing has been discussed on this board before, but am

wondering just how many of us have this aggravating cough? What do you do about

it? I never had it before, but I've had a cough since about 2 months ago, at

least that long. I finally went to have a chest xray and they said it looked

like I had a " Pleural Effusion " . I guess in other words that is fluid in

between the lining of the lung (outside) and the chest wall. Well, when I went

to the pulmonologist, I brought all of my reports from my thoracic myotomy, when

they deflated my lung, and the pulmonologist just dismissed it as my diaphragm

being moved up a little. Should I seek ot