Teri I am on the other side of this from care taker and advocate point of view.. I Follw a young man on Facebook by name of Sean Swarmer.. Her also ahd surgery and only has one lung.. He ahs climbed mountains, Been to south pole and run Marathons I can not ofer personl advice but can give some support... wnat to share his page with you.. best I can offer right now.. http://seanswarner.com/ hope this helps some.. I think surgery is awesome if you have the chance becasue so many do not to get that done for treatment. Keep us posted on what happens please!