Pleural Effusion

[jdacespace]

My name is Jason Vale and I had Cancer (the asking tumor) in my chest cavity muscles some 21 years ago. The operation took some ribs which were replace with marlex mesh or some type of plastic. After a recent bout with the flu, lung infection and bronchitis all at the same time the cough helped the effusion along an old scar track from the old chest tube that was in there 20 years ago. The bulge coming out of my side was lanced in Winthrop Hospital a couple of months ago and has been draining every day since. Along the line, a month in a half ago a second bump started coming out of my side. This one I cut open myself after seeing many doctors to no avail. Here is video of the mess I made and the mess that I'm still in. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nsk7_J55ESE I am yet to find an infectious disease doctor who can put me on IV antibiotics to get rid of the infection to make any type of flap procedure easier. I dread going through a bunch of minor thorocotomies to get this thing fixed but if I have to I will. Any ideas. Watch the video but especially watch at exactly 3 minutes and 31 seconds. There is a definite hole in my lung somewhere.