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Not looking for sympathy or anything. I just got my guts up to write this.

I went to the pulmonologist Wednesday to review my last CAT scan. The results are .... no changes that can be seen in the growth in my right lung. That was good news. Then he said that I had something show up in my left lung that wasn't there before. Not good news. I now have to wait 6 months and have another scan to see it that one grows and if anything else changes.

I was also told I have COPD with emphasema. That is why I can't breath for s%$&!!! Another bit of crappy news.

Needless to say, I am not feeling very good right now.

Larry

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I am a male that underwent coronary artery bypass X3 (triple) on 10/22/13 at the age of 55. I was living on about 20-30% of one coronary artery and my left heart output was only 20% to 25%. I spent a week in the hospital after surgery and went home. Then had to go back a day later for another week because I had pneumonia. Finally a few days because of a slight arythmia. All told it has been about 2 1/2 weeks. I am past the cravings by now and only have the urges to contend with. I really don't suggest that anyone quits smoking using this technique though. I'll have to carry the scars from that day for the rest of my life. The large one down the center of my chest, and the ones from several "silent" infarctions. I came that close to the next world. Never again will I subject my body to that (at one point in my life I was smoking 5 packs of cigarillos a day). I now have to say N.O.P.E. (Not One Puff Ever) every day of my life. TheOldGoat-Joan, I miss you terribly my friend. Elder Lists Guilia's: (/blogs/Giulia-blog/2017/06/18/elders-list-ao-december-7-2016 ) or Smorgy's (Chronological Elder List)

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