Oh dear Wet - I'm so sorry to hear that. I'm glad there is a treatment plan and it sounds as though the acute episode of illness should benefit your health in the longer term with what's now in place.
Do take care and rest up as that's a lot to go through. x
T 13 M 7 Me 48 H 46 SS 15 BD 7.14 PA D final 5.16 (H filed)
We receive & we lose, and must try to achieve gratitude & embrace with whole hearts whatever of life that remains after the losses - Dubus
I'm sorry to hear about your health issues. I do hope that your doctors have a new game plan to treat your lung issues and hopefully make you comfortable w/o a lot of medication.
Please take care of yourself.
Sit quietly, the answers will reveal themselves when you least expect them to. The past is gone, the present is a gift and you need to focus on today, allow the future to reveal itself when it is ready.
Wet, I agree - that was actually a good thing as now it seems like there's a good plan in place to treat your lung issues. You know, I'm just gonna throw this out there, in Traditional Chinese Medicine, each organ/body system has a deeper, emotional meaning. What strikes me about this is two things: that this has been going on for three years, which is approx. the timeline of your sitch with your w and that the primary issue is your lungs. Lungs in TCM govern grief - in other words, in Traditional Chinese Medicine, our grief is stored in our lungs, and pneumonia, especially is deeply buried in the lungs, so ... does this make any sense / correlation to you as well? . Sorry, the holistic practitioner in me observing this had to speak up, forgive me if inappropriate - I'm so very glad you are working with a new plan in place to heal yourself. If anything resonates with you on what I said about grief, you may want to consider exploring that a bit, as it may help the physical healing as well. Just my $.02 which is worth even less, but know that I'm sending prayers and healing thoughts your way ... xoxoxoxo
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"Someone I loved once gave me A box full of darkness. It took me years to understand, That this too, was a gift." ~ Mary Oliver
Can't believe you have been walking around with that for all this time!! So glad that it was caught and you are getting treated. I am sure that you will feel much better and stronger once that hurdle is overcome.
hugs, kat
Me-53(and learning!) S24, S21, D18, D17 Just keep swimming, Just keep swimming. Dory
I wish there was a way to get in contact with you directly. I too have been dealing with lung issues for over three years. I have been to regular MDs as well as specialists. Many bouts of pneumonia as well as a lot of tests with no clear direction of treatment. I have kinda given up on the medical community. I would like to hear more about the test they did for you and what actual ongoing symptoms you had. I am glad to hear they have a course of action for you. I wish you speedy recovery.
Twisting on Life's Rope Me53 W53 M20 D21 D19 D16 BD 2-2013 D final 1-2015 _________________________ "Dream about tomorrow, Live for today, Learn from yesterday"
Lifetwists, I am sorry for what you are going thru. I wish no one the sort of agony of the type we are going thru. The hospital did a 'bronchoscopy' on me. They freaked me out after the catscan saying there was a spot on my lungs, and the doctor actually came in and told me "it looked like it was lung cancer" (!!!) I had given up hope at this point.
But after the test results came back, they did the bronchoscopy with a biopsy and it turned out the spot was an aggressive, deep seated pneumonia. It will take a few more months before it fully goes away.
Thanks to everyone for your kind posts. But its Friday, let's have a Friday Lawyer's Joke:
A man walks into a bar. He sees a beautiful, well-dressed woman sitting on a bar stool alone. He walks up to her and says, “Hi there. How’s it going tonight?”
She turns to him, looks him straight in the eyes and says, “I’ll screw anybody, anytime, anywhere, any place. It doesn’t matter to me.”
The guy raises his eyebrows and says, “No kidding?
I have gone through much of what you are going through and more. I have gone through cat scans, MRIs, probably almost 100 blood test, and so on. I was close to having a bronchoscopy once and really wanted it to get to the bottom of this. They were scheduling it in anticipation of a double lung transplant. The saturday before I was to meet with the surgeon they did another cat scan. As had been the case before the lungs had mostly cleared up again. No brochoscopy no lung transplant. This has gone on for three years with them mostly treating it with antibiotics and not really getting anywhere. That is why I am interested as it gives me a direction to push the doctors on the next time I have insurance to cover it. I have suspected for a long time that it was related to pneumonia without being taken seriously by the doctors.
Best of luck and a speedy recovery.
Twisting on Life's Rope Me53 W53 M20 D21 D19 D16 BD 2-2013 D final 1-2015 _________________________ "Dream about tomorrow, Live for today, Learn from yesterday"
Lifes Twists, what was funny for me at the hospital was that I was asked a half dozen times by various doctors/medical personnel whether the doctor I had seen for over 3 years had ever done a bronchoscopy on me before.
And every time I said "no" they looked at me in disbelief. So apparently the doctors where I live believe this is something essential to have done when treatments/medication are not working.
Oh, and during the procedure they flushed all of the infection out of my lungs and they feel soooo much better. Good luck!
x
