As most know I was diagnosed back in December with cancer in the left lung. I began treatment, after 47 radiation treatments and 12 weeks of Chemo they determined there is a 98% chance the cancer is in remission. I had my last Chemo about six weeks ago, was feeling great, and doing pretty much as I had always had. On July 24 My Son and I went to a gun show, spent 5-6 hours walking around looking and visiting with friends. Following the show we came back to my house, had a big slice of ice cold watermelon and visited for a while. After he left I got very sick, at first I thought it was the cold melon, but I was also having much difficulty breathing. I have oxygen so I hooked up to the tank and held on. After a week I continued to get worst, the following Friday my wife insisted I call the doctor, he seen me and admitted me to the hospital. I stayed six days, the test revealed my blood-oxygen ration had dropped to a “danger level” (below 70) as a result of damage the radiation treatments had done to my good lung. which now has almost as much scar tissue as on the cancerous one. I am home, on medication with oxygen 24-7 but the lung doctor seems to think things will improve to the point I won’t need the oxygen after 6-8 weeks.
I just learned that this is often a problem with the type of radiation treatments I was getting, sometime the cure does as much damage as the cancer…………
