Air leak after pleurodesis?

I would have been a little upset by the surgeon's comment as well. You'd think that he would know that certain people such as yourself of susceptible to spontaneous pneumothorax [SP]. It sounds like your pulmonologist is trying all of the right things. Ask about a possible leak around the bronchovascular bundles which can be hard to detect. I'm curious, do you fly quite a bit or live in an area with a high altitude?