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pan6467 · 10-25-2005, 12:15 PM

Well, I went for the CT Scan Friday (I was wrong when I stated an MRI) and just now got out of the hospital.

According to everyone it appears to be sarcoidosis (sp?) a very rare disease that strikes African Americans and Scandinavians primarily..... lol I am neither, so it is very rare.

I go back in the hospital Thursday morning, though, for a precautionary biopsy.

The ER doctor Friday was calling it cancer, but said that there was no lung mass and that they were swollen because there was cancer somewhere else in my body.

The pulmonologist though on Saturday said he believed it to be sarcoidosis first, TB or a lung infection secondly and cancer way down the list.

I had another CT Scan and the breathing test and an EKG done. All showed nothing, except that the breathing test showed symptoms in the lungs that were common to sarcoidosis.

BIG wake up call ....... now if only I could quit smoking.... unfortunately.........

10-25-2005, 12:15 PM	#4 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	Well, I went for the CT Scan Friday (I was wrong when I stated an MRI) and just now got out of the hospital. According to everyone it appears to be sarcoidosis (sp?) a very rare disease that strikes African Americans and Scandinavians primarily..... lol I am neither, so it is very rare. I go back in the hospital Thursday morning, though, for a precautionary biopsy. The ER doctor Friday was calling it cancer, but said that there was no lung mass and that they were swollen because there was cancer somewhere else in my body. The pulmonologist though on Saturday said he believed it to be sarcoidosis first, TB or a lung infection secondly and cancer way down the list. I had another CT Scan and the breathing test and an EKG done. All showed nothing, except that the breathing test showed symptoms in the lungs that were common to sarcoidosis. BIG wake up call ....... now if only I could quit smoking.... unfortunately......... __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"