I had my right lung removed 4 years ago I am in my 60s. I had a surgery that did not require my ribs to be broken,I was very sore for many weeks though. I still have breathing issues and I do not get around as well as I used to. I was using oxygen up until a year ago.surgen told me my cancer was not a metastes and the tumor was quite small.for a woman as aged as rgb my opinion is she isn't doing well at all if my recovery was hard and I'm in my 60s I know very well she isn't running around doing workouts or anything else.