My dad had 1/2 of his lung taken out when he was at 29 Palms back in the late 50s due to Coccidioidomycosis. Said he felt fine while they made him sit in sick bay for a week and then after the surgery he felt like hell and they made him go back after just two days. He was never the worse for wear from it though, never had breathing problems, and he lived at 10,000 ft elevation and worked at 11,000 ft.
Being from the east coast I had to google that one.
damn