emphysema? shit man, thats scary. is that stoppable? can you cancel it? or is it too far past stopping it?
tw On 4/6/06, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey all...as of yesterday evening, back home from the sleep apnea surgery. > > > > Still too soon to know if everything is going to be resolved or not. > > Everything's still kind of puffy and swollen, so breathing's none too > > good. Hurts just about as much as everyone said it would. But still, > > if it fixes the apnea issues, it'll be worth it (IMO). > > Sure hope it fixes you up man. > > > > > On kind of an unfortunate side note...i was supposed to have been > > discharged on Tuesday morning (the day after the surgery)...but they > > noticed lower oxygen levels in my blood than what they had hoped to > > see. A barrage of tests later, and early stages of emphysema show up > > on a CAT scan. > > How long ago did you quit? How long had you smoked, and how many packs a > day? > > > > > So...kinda sucks. But at least it was caught early. Doc says that if > > I can stay a non-smoker, everything should be manageable. If not, > > I'll be carrying around an oxygen tank within the next 10 years. So > > i'm gonna be shooting for the no smoking thing. > > Do whatever it takes dude....you do NOT want to die of emphysema....as > painful and protracted a way to go as any imaginable. > > > > > Once swelling all goes down and there's more of a definitive "yes or > > no" as to whether or not the apnea issue is going to be resolved, I'll > > post some updates. > > Please do. I'm not a religious guy, but i'll put in a few prayers to the > Flyin' Spaghetti Monster for ya :) > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:203117 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
