Hello all
my name is James and I’m 58 years old the doctor told me that I had emphysema, but he didn’t seem to concerned about it.
Back in 2000 I had lung surgery to remove a growth in my upper left lobe that turned out to be some kind of fungus. Before the surgery my doctor told me that I had a slight case of emphysema then, but I didn’t pay it no mind.
The other day I went for my annual checkup at the VA and that’s when my doctor told me. My sister is an RN and she used to work for a lung doctor. She read my radiology report from the CT scan and told me not to worry about it that it was nothing. Well, I’m not so sure now.
About a month ago when the weather started changing I started hacking up this mucus and I couldn’t get the feeling out of my throat that something was in there I kept wanting to clear my throat. I’m really terrified and scared. I can see myself five to ten years from now using oxygen fighting for breath and it scares me to death. I was suppose to go take a PFT test on the 1st of Dec., but I got really scared and canceled the appointment.
Will somebody tell me if I’m going to die soon Im really scared because I’m assuming that I’m going to have to take all this medicine everyday for the rest of my life. Back in 2000 right after my surgery I took a breathing test and it turned out fine and in 2009 or 10 I took another one and everything was fine. I don’t know when I came down with this stuff.
I’m not having shortness of breath because I walk a mile yesterday and not once got winded. I think I’m losing my mind sometimes. Can someone help me with this.