New Plan

I had a rough early morning with my pain getting out of control. The good thing is Dr. Rubeiz came in this morning. He is the super good and kind Pulmonologist who did my biopsy. He is taking over my care and changing things up... He said we will not

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ER Update

After a 3.5 hour wait in the emergency room, we got an (ER )room. They did a CT scan and we are waiting for the pulmonologist to come up with a plan, which at this point, will happen tomorrow. They said I'm about ready to move up

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On the way to ER @ Community North.

Soooo. Pain has been worsening since Sunday night. I called this morning and asked if we can find it if the fluid has returned without an ER visit. I got an X-ray in Greenfield, which is connected with Community Healthcare. Fluid has accumulated again between my lung and lung membrane

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I Spoke Too Soon...

Just last night I posted an exciting report that I was doing much better and hoped each day from now of would be a little better. We also started stretching the time between one pain killer. I also was doing more things. yesterday... I took a walk outside, I put

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Turnaround!!??

When I last wrote, I was in terrible pain all of Saturday morning. Possibly up to an 8 on the pain scale (which I hate guessing, but everyone asks). Thankfully, after breathing deeply and cringing in my recliner all morning, I got up to have lunch (which I wasn'

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Sleep, Glorious Sleep!!

Praise God from whom all blessings flow! Last night I sleep 7 hours straight!! I took some meds and slept another hour and a half. That was so needed after 11 nights of hardly any sleep. Unfortunately, I'm currently in a lot of pain. Possibly from letting it

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Home Again!

After a day and a half in the ER, I was finally released to go home! We were at a different hospital than where my surgery was. The first day the ER bed was so very uncomfortable. When the nurse came in to ask if I needed anything, I blurted

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Thoracentesis update

UPDATE: It is finished with no problems! The procedure is called a Thoracentesis. It reminded me of getting an epidural... I was sitting up on the side of the bed leaning over a tall table hugging a pillow. The most painful part was getting the local before it... The local

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Please Pray

My procedure to remove the extra fluids in the lung membrane is in a few minutes.

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Still in ER

I made an appointment this morning with one of the surgeon's P.A.'s regarding my high pain level. Her office in the Community Hospital South in Greenwood. When we got to the office, my blood pressure was too low, so she sent me to ER. But,

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