Doctors at Main Line Health now have a new kind of robotic surgery that makes recovery quicker and easier for lung cancer patients.

Traditional lung cancer surgery usually involves some pain and a longer recovery. That's now changing thanks to a specially outfitted robot.

"I bought a house three days later," Jackie Lyons said.

Lyons was explaining to her surgeon how busy she was right after her lung cancer surgery.

"It was incredible," Lyons said.

Lyons says she feels lucky having had two bouts with lung cancer, with no symptoms that were found early.

"It's very scary," Lyons said. "I'm going to be honest."

The first surgery to remove part of her lung, in 2017, was traditional.

"It was very painful," she said. "That took me about a month and a half to really be able to breathe easi

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