Well it’s been a week since I found out that the fluid had reappeared and in a surprising turn, the fluid had subsided. Apparently Prednisone is some mighty powerful stuff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Author after a week of Steroid […]
Month: March 2007
Letting My Fluid Flag Fly
Looks like my luck continues to run as it has thus far. I received a call this afternoon advising that the Pleural Fluid has in fact returned. The treatment course that I am now on is oral steroids over the next week hoping this resolves the excess fluid build-up. I really hope this corrects the […]
Result: Two Quarts High
The Thoracentesis went nearly without a hitch on Friday. I surprised all the physicians with the sheer volume of liquid drained out of this busted thorax. Comparative Photograph Only. This is cherry syrup not pleural fluid.* Two quarts or so later I felt like I was having a poltergeist squeeze my heart as invisible compadres […]
Latest Update on Bill’s Long and Winding Road – Amended
So sorry for the lack of an update lately. I went into Columbia Presbyterian on Sunday the 4th was admitted to have a Pericardial Window to drain the fluid off my heart. I was in the hospital until Thursday the 8th when I was discharged full of pith and vinegar. And another malaise waiting in […]
Addendum to the last post
I was mistaken and it is not a hematoma on the heart that afflicts me. Guess what? I got a fever! And the only prescription…is more cowbell! The Author NOT fearing the Reaper
Another Bill-og Update
Just a quick note to say that I had a CT or CAT scan Thursday to monitor a hematoma that developed on my heart and has been slow in resolving. Now the good news is that this completed the cycle for heart imaging.*X-ray*EKG*Echo-Cardiogram*MRI*CaT ScanAll in less than six months. I had blood work done Friday […]