Debrinha GT
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Hi everyone! First of all sorry I never posted to let you know how the wedding went and all that, but I`ve had a few health issues since then and I was trying to get them sorted out first. Anyway, it was a beautiful day and guess what!? My mum came over from Brazil and spent 20 days here. My daughter wasn`t able to come though for a number of reasons. I`ll ask Ross to get a few photos put in here for you to see soon. However, about 10 days or so later I had what felt like an asma attack and I`ve never had it in my life. I hadn`t been feeling too good since a couple of weeks after the mini-stroke in February, but with the wedding coming up and all that, I just kept going. I got this annoying unproductive cough that just wouldn`t go away. I had cough mixture, honey and nothing, and it was quite a dry cough which became very pessistant as time went by. To cut a long story short, I had to stay in hospital for a few days as they found a shadow on my left lung and wanted to find out what it was. They did a ct scan to confirm it and then a bronchoscopy but the results weren`t conclusive although it showed a black spot. When I went back to see the doctor he said that it can be a number of things but that although it looks a bit like pneumonia, the area`s a bit lumpy. What he wrote in the letter to my GP was "suspicious looking mass, 6cm. Yesterday I went in for a ct guided scan with biopsy in which they inserted a needle into my lung to get the tissue and they hope that will provice them with the final answer. As for my heart, the cardio has said they want to operate on it in a matter of weeks now as they valve`s very narrow and I`ve been put on water tablets, Furosemide 40mg twice a day because there`s some fluid building up. My breathing and the cough have improved since then. I`ve also been on warfarin since February and I`ve taken quite well to it. They`ve had to put me off it for a couple of days before my procedures though. So, I`d appreciate if you could say a wee prayer for me and keep your fingers crossed so that this thing on my lung is just something they can easlily deal with and I should be ok to go with the heart surgery when the time comes. Wow!! What a way to start a new married life!!
Hugs,
Debora
Hugs,
Debora
