lung issues

[MikeG-2012]

One of the best things I've been able to get back to is short drives in the MG -- whoah!!

Once again, I've come up with your new avatar! (-8

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[vdub]

Yeah, that ought to work! Looks like an MGB, but that's ok -- I have one of those, too. :-)

[MikeG-2012]

Is this better? LOL!
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Sorry, didn't have time to make it the green color of yours! (-8

[vdub]

Oh you nailed it! The A is red the GT is green. The A used to have black interior, but I have since changed it to tan. Beauty!

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[Mas78]

I haven't checked in on the forum for awhile, Sorry to hear that you needed this surgery done vdub. I am glad to see you are now a couple weeks past the surgery and doing good. I hope that in a few more weeks you will be getting out and about more and breathing better.

[vdub]

I had my follow-up exam from the surgery yesterday. So far, the surgery hasn't helped much, so they did an xray and thought the cavity was full of fluid, so they scheduled a centesis for today, i.e., draw fluid off. However, before preforming the procedure, they did more tests to determine how much fluid and how it might be impacting things. The conclusion was that there wasn't enough fluid to justify the risk of infection from the centesis since I am back on mtx. So, we are in a wait-and-see mode. I'm guessing my lung capacity is still at about 46%, which is where it was at before the operation. Maybe in a few months things will change. In the mean time, no worries....

[Pete]

One.day.at.a.time. Hope the improvement continues more rapidly going forward.

[annekat]

After all that, I hope you'll eventually get some improvement in lung capacity!

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[andrew]

Damn. Still early days yet though! When's your next checkup?

[vdub]

When's your next checkup?

No new appt is scheduled at this point. I have several activities that I can test to see if there is any improvement. I had "bench marked" those activities prior to the surgery. If I detect any changes, I'll probably get another xray to see what is going on. I'm still not through all the pain issues. Its nothing like the first 2 weeks, but still a fair amount of pain to contend with.