I thought "coughing up a lung" was just a saying...

[Alamo]

Man coughs up part of lung while being treated for heart failure

There's a picture if you dare. Poor guy.

 

[HoughMade]

I know a group of plaintiff's attorneys who would claim he was just fine and didn't need any of the treatment he got.

 

[target64]

In the military they would give him some motrin, and three days light duty.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Ouch. Never coughed up a lung, but I did cough hard enough to crack 3 ribs a few years back.

 

[MCgrease08]

Man coughs up part of lung while being treated for heart failure

There's a picture if you dare. Poor guy.

Yeah. He's dead now.

 

[hoosierdoc]

That is a neat picture but it’s a cast of his bronchial tree, not his lung. Very cool though.

https://www.google.com/search?tbm=i...XO-6Kuu0jwTrxZmgDw&q=pulmonary+endarterectomy

Check out pictures of pulmonary endarterectomy. That is the wall of the pulmonary arteries. There is some amazing things that can be done.

 

[Alamo]

That is a neat picture but it’s a cast of his bronchial tree, not his lung. Very cool though.
....

Lung, bronchial whatsit, close enough for INGO clickbait. Even if he was on serious pain med, I'll bet that hurt. ugh.

 

[Wolfhound]

In the military they would give him some motrin, [strike]and three days light duty[/strike].

FIFY

 

[AGarbers]

I saw the headline and photo on foxnews.com and decided my stomach wasn’t strong enough to go any farther, and I don’t need yet another medical issue to think about as I drift off to sleep.