Pre Halloween....fright...

Hi Everyone,
Its Sunday evening and i'm about to jump in the sack.  I don't know how much or how soon I'll get to sleep.

Seems like what I thought was a deep chest cold or some other chest problem.

Well, it might be something called Pulmonary Fibrosis.

After a pneumonia attack a couple years back Dr. Warner said I had some scar tissue.  It might be the kind that stays the same or some that I don't want.  The kind that spreads across the lungs.  It turns them into cement...my word....into a sort of fiberous that doesn't do any work like moving the oxygen around.

So, I had another Dr check me out and he told me I had Pulmonary Fibrosis....and I should just go to Fla and relax.

I asked if it was going to kill me like it killed my brother.

He laughed and said Hell No, your heart will kill you first....Don't you know you have a very weak heart?

Well, that wasn't a good answer for me or my family.  I searched the web and my daughter Jessie had a couple dr friends who suggested a PF specialist at the U of Chicago.  They would try to get me a rush on the appointment date.

Dr Imre Noth office called and said that I should come in early Oct for tests and return on Halloween for a interview with the Dr.

At that time he would tell me if there is a treatment for my PF.  There is no cure but there might be a treatment.  The treatment might stop the progress of PF.  Which I certainly would be happy with.
I won't guess what other options might be there or lack of them.

I'll write soon about what the dr says.....but soon thereafter, I will leave for Fla.
talk later
jim