karlalong

My husband used oxygen for about a week back in August when he had his pleurodesis and during that time, he developed quite a cough. When he quit the oxygen, the cough quit. Well, he's been using his oxygen quite a bit again this last week and the cough is back. Is this just a coincidence or does anybody have any experience that continued oxygen use causes a cough.

My husband has had that procedure twice - one time training 1200 cc's and another 1700 cc's. The procedure was very simple - he felt no pain during or afterwards. He sat on the edge of the bed in the hospital with his feet dangling down, they numbed the back, inserted the catheter and drained the fluid. The whole procedure took about 15 minutes. He was released to go home very shortly afterwards and had no problems. Both times he's had this done, he felt much much better afterwards as the fluid actually collapses the lung which decreases his capacity. He is scheduled to see a surgeon in August to see about a procedure to stop the fluid from coming back.