Hi David, My oncologist was at somewhat of a loss as to the cause of the pneumonia. I’ve personally begun to suspect enteral aspiration pneumonia from a mild aspiration episode one evening about 3-5 days before the chemo and onset of symptoms. I’ve been aspirating minor amounts of feed for the past few days from intractable hiccups -a side effect of chemo. I’m regaining lung function by the hour and expect to be off oxygen in few days. I just had a chest X-ray to confirm the pneumonia is gone. If so my oncologist will resume treatment Tuesday introducing individual components I think every few days in order to flush out the most likely chemical to be the trigger, if any. I will trust his judgement. I began a medication to control the hiccups and prevent aspiration from happening.
I’ll let you know what he does and how he will implement treatment next week. For now I’m just glad my lungs weren’t permanently damaged.