When it
lingered suddenly the light bulb went of - duh!!! You were diagnosed with lung
cancer and had a wedge of your lung cut out 7 months ago, maybe this is more
than just a cough.
I was
still walking at least 2 miles every and
more often than not in the MS friendly Fall weather doing push and roll outings
with Patti to local Halloween Parades or Fall foliage that were easily 5K
outings.
Though
come to think of if it I would sometimes feel an intermittent shortness of breath,
even Patti had remarked you sound terrible once or twice, I had rationalized it
with Fall allergies and the changing terrain of town sidewalks vs a treadmill.
What was
I doing??? Why was I rationalizing a cough or intermittent shortness of breath?? Sure I had gotten the pneumonia vaccine while recovering from surgery and I had gotten the flu vaccine a couple weeks ago but what am I doing rationalizing the #1 symptom.
I was
scheduled for my next CT Scan follow up in 18 days. Should I wait or should I
move it up? Could the scanxiety be impairing my thinking?
Such
questions are above my pay grade … so Friday noticing my PinnacleHealth Pulmonary Nodule Clinic wristband I was wearing from my thoracic surgeons office, I called them.
The traditional point person for patients was on maternity leave; however describing
my concerns over cough with the PNC receptionist she immediately picked it up
and ran with the ball. Shortly their office was calling me back with a new CT
Scan appointment just 4 days away and follow up appointment with my surgeon immediately
afterwards.
Got off
the phone early this morning with PinnacleHealth Pulmonary Nodule Clinic and with forecasted
power outages all outpatient services and CT scans, x-rays etc are being cancelled
for Monday and Tuesday. Happily for me they were able to juggle me back in on
Thursday, for now, depending on duration of power outages.
Surviving
lung cancer can be a pain in the ass, but sometimes a pain in the ass is worth it!
Patrick Leer
BLOGS:
Caregivingly Yours, MS Caregiver @ http://caregivinglyyours.blogspot.com/
My Lung Cancer Odyssey @ http://lung-cancer-survivor.blogspot.com/
health
lung cancer
harrisburg
pennsylvania
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