I have a bone to pick!!!!!

(deactivated member)
on 9/16/08 5:30 am - Hagerstown, MD

I have been noticing recently that when I lay flat on my back, I have a HUGE barrel chest. my breastbone and my rib cage sticks out FAR. Is this normal? Will the bones reposition themselves to fit around the new insides? I've got bones sticking out everywhere on my upper body since I can fit into a Large shirt now LOL bones I never knew I had!

Sharyn S.
on 9/16/08 5:52 am - Bastrop, TX

RNY on 08/19/04 with

Are you currently, or have you ever been a smoker?

Sharyn, RN

RIP, MOM ~ 5/31/1944 - 5/11/2010
RIP, DADDY ~ 9/2/1934 - 1/25/2012

(deactivated member)
on 9/16/08 6:17 am - Hagerstown, MD

RNY on 05/08/08

yup! I sure was...for 26 years

Sharyn S.
on 9/16/08 6:19 am - Bastrop, TX

RNY on 08/19/04 with

Barrel chestedness is a sign of emphysema. Have you ever been diagnosed with that?

Sharyn, RN

RIP, MOM ~ 5/31/1944 - 5/11/2010
RIP, DADDY ~ 9/2/1934 - 1/25/2012

(deactivated member)
on 9/16/08 6:30 am, edited 9/16/08 6:31 am - Hagerstown, MD

RNY on 05/08/08

nope but I've been treated for asthma before.......I used to have chronic bronchitis.......would it come from coughing a lot? I've had check x-rays before and they have come up clear.

Sharyn S.
on 9/16/08 7:05 am - Bastrop, TX

RNY on 08/19/04 with

Well, chronic bronchitis and emphysema kinda go hand and hand in the disease of COPD - chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. If the barrel chest is from emphysema, it won't get any smaller. Sorry.

Here's a link to a website with some good info:

http://www.emedicinehealth.com/emphysema/page3_em.htm

Sharyn, RN

RIP, MOM ~ 5/31/1944 - 5/11/2010
RIP, DADDY ~ 9/2/1934 - 1/25/2012

seanbear66rn
on 9/16/08 10:28 am - Dracut, MA

VSG on 04/06/12

I am Barrel Chested.....It could just be the way you are built...the more weight I lose the more prominent my chest is...and I am not complaining.....

Sharyn S.
on 9/16/08 11:29 am - Bastrop, TX

RNY on 08/19/04 with

LOL, too much nursing school, I guess.

Sharyn, RN

RIP, MOM ~ 5/31/1944 - 5/11/2010
RIP, DADDY ~ 9/2/1934 - 1/25/2012

Kathy W.
on 9/16/08 4:21 pm - Enfield, CT

RNY on 01/15/08 with

Ya think? What a way to scare me! My ribs and chest are huge! I too have asthma and had bronchitus almost yearly for about 10 years.

I shall now be know as Hagatha: Queen of the queens.

Baby 7-09

Xavier Elliott born 10-5-10

nean
on 9/17/08 2:01 am - Tacoma, WA

VSG on 12/09/08

Your body remodels the rib bones to make more space for the lungs. It's just a fact - pretty cool accommodation really. If it remodelled out to make space and you don't need the space anymore, it can remodel back. Just give it a few years - yes years.

That being said, I used to have much more of a barrel chest. Feldenkrais training/bodywork helped me A LOT!! www.feldenkrais.com

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