Question: I quit smoking a week ago, I am 32 and have smoked on and off for about 10 years - not heavily (about 6-10 cigarettes a day). I workout 5 days a week doing interval training - always working out very hard, breathing very heavily, pushing myself to a maximum heart rate during my workouts. I feel like I am in excellent health and am very fit. I also recently just had 2 babies (7 months post partum)

Since I quit smoking, cold turkey with the patch, I experience very slight plain or a sensation in my right lung from time to time when I exhale. Of course I am concerned about it. The week before I quit I had a cold that was moving into my chest (i no longer feel any symptoms of a cold). I don't experience this pain all the time and never feel it when I am breathing heavy or working out.