Re: OT: Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

["Petem" <petem001@xxxxxxxxx>]

"mleuck" <m.leuck@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion
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> On Mar 21, 2:21 am, "Robert L Bass" <rob...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> A few of the folks in ASA have offered me prayer support in
>> my battle with cancer. I guess I need to ask you for that help
>> now.
>>
>> Earlier this evening, while everything seemed normal (well,
>> "normal" for me is something very different from most), I
>> began to feel a new sensation. All of a sudden I started to
>> develop some strange, inflated lumps on both sides of my
>> jaw and other places. Edema set in very quickly. When this
>> happened in the past it was gradual. This time it was as if
>> someone had pushed a tube into my upper chest and face
>> and was just pumping fluid into me.
>>
>> I called the hospice and they sent a nurse over quickly.
>> After a brief exam, she called the doctor and got the answer.
>> I have Superior Vena Cava Syndrome, a dangerous side
>> effect of the cancer.
>>
>> One of the tumors in my chest is pressing against the wall
>> of the main blood vessel from the head and upper body to
>> the heart. I need radiation right away. Without it, according
>> to WebMD, "patients with superior vena cava syndrome
>> due to a malignant cause survive only 30 days without
>> radiation."
>>
>> The strange thing about this is I wasn't feeling anything out
>> of the norm and I still don't have even minor discomfort.
>> Yet this thing was rapidly building up in my chest.  I took
>> some additional Rx while the nurse was here and it seems
>> to have helped a bit but the swelling is still significant.  It's
>> a little nerve-wracking, to say the least. I'd really appreciate
>> it if you guys will pray.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Robert
>
> Hey I think you haven't made up with Jack Stevens yet, better hurry

You are too kind ;-) he could have forgotten..