tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-816611207528150264.post5751291567103292002..comments2024-03-21T03:29:26.186-04:00Comments on V.L. Jennings' Official Website- Exploring Human Potential, Soaring Among The Stars: Speculating on Pectus ExcavatumV.L. Jenningshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16683141472397884342noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-816611207528150264.post-63266846704754832412016-06-23T11:27:45.417-04:002016-06-23T11:27:45.417-04:00Oh gosh! Good luck!!!!Oh gosh! Good luck!!!!V.L. Jenningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16683141472397884342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-816611207528150264.post-89246292404115824132016-06-20T13:49:35.703-04:002016-06-20T13:49:35.703-04:00I truly feel for your son because I also have a PE...I truly feel for your son because I also have a PE. I am 47yrs old and I definitely can relate with him! In 1973 I was given an option to repair my chest but it was more like an open heart surgery and I decided not to do it. Instead I took martial arts primarily to protect my chest, started at age 13 to 25...I daily go without my shirt on because I've got the mindset of if anyone doesn't like my chest, they don't have to look at it. But, now I have a knot at the base of where my ribs come together/base of cave in, it's almost 3 inches long and 2 inches wide...Dr's aren't exactly sure what it is cause within 3 wks it's grown and gotten harder plus the pain is unreal...CT Scan is getting scheduled...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04241183109289352345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-816611207528150264.post-69830843761724090542015-09-18T16:52:18.809-04:002015-09-18T16:52:18.809-04:00Our Costochondritis was BAD- when it started affec...Our Costochondritis was BAD- when it started affecting his schoolwork and the pain would not go away no matter what we gave him- I knew it was time!<br /><br />Glad your son is doing better! Wow he was collapsing? Was that due to not being able to breathe?V.L. Jenningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16683141472397884342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-816611207528150264.post-37998367195992349512015-09-06T19:34:13.567-04:002015-09-06T19:34:13.567-04:00I'm very glad your son is doing well. I saw t...I'm very glad your son is doing well. I saw the photo above and can tell you that our boys were matched in severity. My son didn't have surgery until 15. At the time he was the youngest person his Surgeon's had ever performed the Ravitch Procedure on.<br /><br />Let me tell you, knowing my child had NO protection on his chest and being able to see his heart beat...through his tshirt...from the other side of the wall is horryfying. <br /><br />He is now 24 and has done well with getting to his new "normal". He has, in the last 4 years, developed Costochondritis but we put that to working out. Besides, he can breathe, his heart has room and I no longer worry about his collapsing. Costochondritis is annoying but it could be worse.Little Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12343778343498532436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-816611207528150264.post-46999368568312874952015-03-04T21:31:20.975-05:002015-03-04T21:31:20.975-05:00For everyone following this... Son's surgery w...For everyone following this... Son's surgery went REALLY well. His haller index turned out to be a 4.5- well into the severe range. All the costochondritis and breathing issues disappeared right after surgery! Within three weeks he was off all pain meds. He's doing GREAT!V.L. Jenningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16683141472397884342noreply@blogger.com