Stay strong, you lose when you give up 💪

Glad you got a diagnosis, hope there is something they can do to help you.

Oye Nattering, Minnesota Here. I was raised in Rochester Minnesota, home of the Mayo Clinic. One of the worlds best research hospitals. If you ever come to the Mayo Clinic, contact me. I have plenty of people in Rochester that would give you and your family free room and board in a house. Far better than a hotel and with better meals :-) God Bless, I am praying for you. Minnesota ...

Just know you fans are behind you no matter what you change your channel too. Glad to see them finally doing something to help get you healthier.

I'm glad that you are posting again, but don't over work your self. Hope you get better

Have you looked into connective tissue disorders? Pectus Excavatum is very common in Marfan's Syndrome and Ehlers Danlos Syndrome.

Praying for you and for your doctors so you will find a good way to fix this !!!! Stay positive !!!!

I Can honestly say I’ve never heard of this and I’m sorry for not commenting with more insight, but regardless I’m incredibly relieved to hear that there finally some progress. In terms of whatever the channel will become I’m sure everyone with be supportive of you no matter what and that we’re all here for you. I’m hoping for a speedy solution and I guess you could say recovery process?? lol much love and keeping you in my thoughts 😊

Another fan here who is behind you all the way. Good luck with resolving the medical issues.

Miss Nattering, I've been here a while now but I've never commented before. ( I almost never do ) I'm not very good at explaining things so I avoid it whenever possible. I've ben concerned ever since your post a few months back ( the Every things changing post), I cried awhile after that, but I just didn't know what to say. I thought anything I said wouldn't make sense or make you feel worse. I couldn't do that to you. I'm very glad they may have found something fixable, please god, I hope so. I truly hope you can get better, you deserve it. Your smart, caring, funny and honest. You've got a lot of class and your Very beautiful. The world needs more people like you, a lot more. Will Rogers said " you'll know if you led a good life if the world is a lesser place without you ". I feel in your case the world would be gutted. We need more people like you, not less. So you post whatever you want or can. We'll wait for you, you don't hurry for us. I told you I was crummy at writing this stuff. Please get better, we need you. Besides, I've got a crush on you :>) With love and respect from the west: DeMontana

Wow, stay strong. You can do this.

Natalie, anyone who could say anything negative about you is a fool. You are still as beautiful as day one. I miss the jade but sending you all the best collarbones ;-) much love and keep on keepin on J.

I'm a 34 year old male with Pectus Excavatum. I was diagnosed with it when I was a boy, and just sort of lived my live. I'm not a doctor so take what I'm saying with a pinch of salt. Many of us complain of lower cardio capabilities, poor self image problems and asthma. If you were under 14 years old you could've used a vacuum bell (non surgical method) but as we get older our bones get too hard. The other non surgical method is to lift weights, this will make it look better and your breathing should improve (Riley Byrne is a completion winning body builder with pectus you should check his channel out). Then the surgical routes are the Nuss and Ravitch procedures. Both procedures can fail months after the surgery(the sternum pops back) and there is also a very small chance you can die because of the operation. The nuss procedure seems to be the best one though. Finally your psychology is the most important thing I need to look into that myself more now as well. Good luck!

Hia Natt! I am a huge fan of your reactions, but I never comment because I always have watched your videos while at dialysis, and have limited movement. Glad to see the update, even happier to see your ok. I think you're beautiful no matter what. I'll pray for your recovery. I'll miss your reactions (as I already do). Love ya!

Damn, that's rough, Nat! They JUST NOW got around to a diagnosis for this? WHAT THE HELL? Mom had some problems that she had been telling her practitioners for YEARS and nobody listened to her (I am the second-oldest of many children who Mom bore, just for reference). I have a sister who is MUCH younger than I am; I am literally physically old enough to be her father, and when she was ten (or somewhere around that age), Mom started bleeding profusely. They had to do a D&C to find the problem (I won't go into details about what a D&C procedure is, many of the ladies will know). Turns out, Mom had been correct the ENTIRE TIME, with one lump the size of a GRAPEFRUIT that she knew about (and many marble-sized lumps as well which she did not know about). She ended up with a hysterectomy because NOBODY IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL WORLD LISTENS TO ANYBODY THAT DOES NOT HAVE SOME SORT OF MEDICAL DEGREE UNDER THEIR BELT. It's REALLY stupid. It's like, 'Look, I LIVE in this body, I KNOW how it is SUPPOSED to act, it's doing something I do not like, so WHY do you IGNORE ME when I tell you that something is WRONG?' These assholes are really stupid. Then they have the gaul to charge arms and legs and homes for the privilege of having them laugh in your face. I certainly HOPE you get all of this changed for yourself! I understand about the channel, that totally makes sense! Much love!

Praying For You!!

Darlin, you’re still and always will be beautiful! Keep your head up and press on, gorgeous, and all my prayers and wishes go out to you and I wish you the best!👍

It's so good to see you again, Natalie! Sorry I couldn't understand all the medical words but I hope you're going to feel better since you had a diagnosis. Also, let me just say you look even more beautiful with dark hair, girl! 👍 Hugs

Yeah, youtube is good for blocking videos. Which is why i hate posting nowdays. But, i'll be looking forward to any updates that you do post about your health.

I have it and it sucks. I had to see a chest specific doctor. He knew exactly what it was but told me mine was more visual than anything else so he couldn't recommend treatment/ it wasn't severe enough for insurance to pay for the procedure (nuss procedure). Personally it was just something I had to get over. I took up swimming as an aerobic exercise and started some pectus specific exercises to expand my rib cage and haven't had any issues since. I'd recommend finding a chest specialist and look up PectusPT on KZfaq. It's more bodybuilding focused but some of the tips he gives are pretty helpful.

*HUGS* Sounds like you're getting some answers. Let's hope so! Stay strong. *HUGS*

Look up online "taulinoplastia". It's a recent, more modern, type of surgery for pectus excavatum. It is less invasive than the Nuss and the Ravitch procedures. It is performed in Spain and France.

I actually have 2 step sons with the same thing, the oldest 21 youngest is 17, and it isn’t affecting the much at this time, so hang in there Nat

I wish you the best and I pray you get this fixed. I you meet any haters just ignore them. Always look at the positive and I'll stay a subscriber. KZfaq are becoming monsters and they are only gonna get worse. But keep the faith young lady. Tribulations only make you a stronger woman.

Never heard of it, never knew it was a thing, looks just like my sternum. Im 46. No wonder my heart feels like its hitting my sternum when i exercise. Shit, i dont want to have an operation, im a single dad and my boy is disabled. I cant take time off looking after him.

Hi Nat. I feel for you. My daughter has pectus excavatum (along with a whole bunch of nasty symptoms and problems). Doctors here in NZ make light of it - they say its no big deal, but we know the problems associated with it are not 'nothing'. I believe in the US, they regularly operate to relieve the pressure on your heart and lungs. So don't just lie down and take what your doctors in Aussie say as gospel. Fight this. It can be fixed. All the best and keep positive.

Feel free to message me any time, I have Pectus Excavatum with rib flare like you. We have a lot of the same symptoms, I’ve known forever that I’ve had it, my mum found out when I was 2. My grandad had it so does my dad. My daughter has it too. My rib cage twisted when I was 17 I’m now 25 and it’s currently twisting even more, now that my ribs are moving. My ribs aren’t holding in my diaphragm in place so I’m having a really hard time breathing. My lungs have been compacted all my life which is why I have trouble breathing, I have found all my old medical records that show I’ve been complaining of breathing problems since I was 6 years old.

1.) Yer hair is black. I love it. 2.) This is crazy! I’ve never heard of this before. I’m sry this has happened to u. I hope u figure things out and get better.❤️❤️❤️🤗

NAT. Um I don't know how to start this comment. I always call you collar bones because ya love em. I honestly have been praying for you for a bit now. I guess just hope you are well. I miss your smile and your beautiful self. J.

Do you have headaches at all from pectus

Hello! Do you have Instagram? I have this same problem, and I have some questions, I would like to talk to you