Not the best of days. Thursday mid day I started to have pain in the center of my chest. Yes, the very same area they bombed extensively with radiation. By evening time the pain was so bad that I was having problems breathing. So off we went to the ER. After the obligatory "couple of hours" and lots of tests, they concluded that I had pneumonia. They discharged me late evening and off we went home.
The next morning, after a lousy nights sleep, we went and got the prescribed pain med and antibiotic. We had our radiology oncologist doctors look at the xray and CT scan. They basically concluded that it could be pneumonia but more likely to be post radiation effects. The pain meds still helped and taking the antibiotic wouldn't hurt anything.
A day later with a good nights sleep (and the meds) and I feel better. Hopefully the improvement will continue.
Geez, Ade, what a horrible experience--and must've been pretty frightening. Hoping the pain meds and antibiotic are helping to ease things up for you. So sorry you've had to deal with so much---it stinks! Just know that we are in your corner and hoping that this kind of BS will disappear altogether! Hang in there, Bud! Hope you were able to get something positive out of the weekend.
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ReplyDeleteI imagine your post radiation recovery will not be linear so I am glad to hear the overall recovery is going better and hang in there with the bumps in the road. Summer can't seem to find it's legs here yet so send us some warmth. Tell Diana and the rest of the family thanks for taking care of you and putting up with you for 23 years. Beth and I are half way there. All the best.
Cheers, Pat
P.S. Who is your team now in Euro 2008?