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Upper right lobectomy for stage 1 adeno 1.8 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm anyone?
Lung Cancer | Last Active: Nov 27, 2023 | Replies (58)Comment receiving replies
No infection, my Mayo pulmonologis prescribed Bactrim as protection against Prednisone (20mg or higher) which could cause a fungal infection in my lungs.
I am thinking, at least I am in a great energized mood with prednisone and not sad......it could go either way and I am not gaining weight.
Could you describe your rib/diaphragm issues? When I want to take a big breath, I feel a stiffness and like the muscles don't want to expand, or things stop halfway down. It feels unnatural so I breath out of my mouth a lot when active. No problem if I am just sitting down and then oxygen levels fine even up a point with the Prednisone.
I am taking before 8am, and wisely with food!!!!
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Have any of you tried the slow stretching for you abdominal area and sides? Very slowly you stretch and bend. Mayo Clinic has videos for Yoga and the like. I did them and the tightness has gone away.
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My pain is as you describe. Neither diaphragm or rib cage seem to want to move sufficiently without effort. I suppose it could be pleural pain because I do have some scarring from the surgery, per the recent CT report
In the first 3 mos after my surgery I couldn’t naturally sneeze or yawn because that required deep quick breaths. I sort of swallowed them
Instead. Now I can but sometimes it seems I am only grabbing air from the top half of my lung. I had the lower lobe removed, so technically I am breathing from top half - though I believe that lobe descends into the space left behind. Sort of stretches out I believe.