Re: OT: Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

[mleuck <m.leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mar 21, 2:21=A0am, "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. =A0I took
> some additional Rx while the nurse was here and it seems
> to have helped a bit but the swelling is still significant. =A0It'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