Hi all!
I just happened on this forum and had to tell my story. I am a 68 year old woman who smoked for 54years. This past September I had a chest xray and wow I had a tumor in the upper lobe of my left lung. After many different tests and a biopsy it was determied that the tumor was malignant and surgery was suggested as the best option. Well this 272 lb very out of shape old lady went for the surgery and made it through with flying colors. I was operated on December 3, 2003, home on December 10, 2003. The pain was not too bad, I am allergic to morphine so I was on a different pain killer than morphine and I was off the pain killers and oxygen by January 1, 2004. I still have some shortness of breath but loss of weight should help that and portions of my left side still feel numb but that is not hard to handle. The cancer had not invaded anywhere else so I do not have to have any kemo or radiation treatments.
I just wanted to post this as a positive outlook for anyone else facing a lobectomy in the future. If this old lady so out of shape could make it through with flying colors so can others!!!
