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DeLung

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  1. Hi Diane, Eric, TS, Donna and Katie, Pleasure to meet you. Wish it was under different circumstances thou. I thank you each for reaching out to me and for the information on others who were active post lung removal. I am now 10 weeks out and am feeling better every day. I am actually starting a new running program tomorrow morning with my neighbor and workout buddy Deesha. It's the Couch to 5K program that takes you gradually back into running. I am nervous but I really want to be fit and healthy again and well, it's time to start somewhere... wish me luck. Katie- I would love to be put in contact with the distance runner that you know. My home e-mail address is telluricd@yahoo.com. Please feel free to pass it along to her. After scouring the web and not finding too much I am grateful to have a chance to speak with someone who shared similar experience. Well, take care and keep breathing all. Regards, De
  2. Hi there, My name is De and I'm 35 year old lung cancer survivor. I had my left lung removed on 2/28/11 and for now do not have to have chemo nor radiation treatments. After 8 years of being a long distance runner, I was diagnosed at 22 years old with asthma. Since then I have had pneumonia 5 times as well as yearly turns with bronchitis. My doctor just gave me the same antibiotics as well as asthma medicine and would send me on my way. Up until recently I had not had my chest x-rayed in 12 years. Turns out I did not have Asthma, I had a carcinoid tumor growing on my lung. This tumor caused me to have limited breathing as well as heavy weezing for the better part of 12 years! As sad as it sounds I had begun to think that I would always have limited breathing as well as asthma for the rest of my life. This past January I went to the doctor with what I thought was the flu. After he x-rayed my chest and examined me he sent me to the ER. Turns out half of my left lung was taken over by a nasty pneumonia and there was a mysterious "growth" showing as well. After 10 hours in the ER and 1 C.A.T. scan later I was admitted. They treated me for the pneumonia and did a bronchiscope/ biopsy of the tumor which was unsuccessful. I went home a week later very scared and still getting my health back from the pneumonia. After another bronchiscope/ biopsy on Valentine's Day, I was scheduled for a complete pneumectomy of my left lung. I am a few months out now and breathing better than ever. I have not wheezed a single time since my surgery! While I am still dealing with a bit of post surgical pain and physical therapy, I look forward to a healthier, stronger tomorrow. I am so grateful at the chance to get to have a tomorrow and know that not everybody is as lucky. Is there anyone out there who has also undergone this type of surgery? Any and all info on what to expect down the road would be greatly appreciated. Keep breathing, De
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