support groups on facebook

Just wanted to say that I have stumbled across a couple of support pages on facebook for those of us suffering from spontaneous pneumothorax. I have posted the links on the useful links section of the website for any of you who might be interested.

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I hope that these accounts are of some help to those of you out there in the same situation as I was a week ago. Please feel free to leave a comment, whether it is an experience of your own or a question you would like to ask and hopefully we can encourage more people to discuss this issue. Thank you

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