prune picker

This is the blog of a prune picker. (Native born Californian) Retired oilfield. I am an old man. I blog a lot about my body and getting old. As I approach death life gets more interesting. More interesting is not good. I still drive. I attend sports, music, and civic events. I am writing my memoirs. I attend swim class three times a week. Some of my blogs might be interesting. A lot of my blogs are silly and trivial. None are very long.

Friday, May 22, 2020

Whoops! not a heart attack, it was my lung tumor(?) acting up.

Tuesday noon I had a sharp pain (5 or 6) in my left chest. (Heart attack?) So off to the emergency room.


The usual stuff was done. Vital signs, ekg, chest X-ray, blood work. After a while I was checked into a room.

I have had pleurisy pains all my life. This pain was more like that and not like a heart attack. I have had both. The pain diminished through the night. Only hurt when I inhaled. (?) Before breakfast it was gone. About midnight I had laid on my left side and had a pain of 8 or 9. Ouch!

In the afternoon I had a fancy cat scan. With fluid added to blood stream. The scan is to find any blood clots. No clots. But a dark spot was found in the left chest.

I am at home and I am scheduled for a procedure to get a biopsy sample of the dark spot (tumor?) next Wednesday at the VA Hospital in Shreveport. Hope it is not malignant.

So I went to fix a heart attack and instead found a revolting development in my left lung.


3 comments:

  1. Oh crap!! Our hopes and thoughts are with you. Please keep us updated...

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  2. I am so sorry to hear this news! I am praying for you. Please hang in there and take good care of yourself. <3

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  3. Argh. Here's hoping you are comfortable at home....and just hanging out until you get another round of tests. Then that bridge can be crossed too...

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