As I consider all of you friends, I want to let you I have been diagnosed with Thymoma Cancer. It is a cancer of the Thymus gland by my upper breastbone/heart/lung.
http://www.cancer.net/cancer-types/thymoma/view-all
The cancer is the size of a Softball. There is a lot of pressure & tightness in my chest. Had to be taken to a hospital in an ambulance as the pain was SO bad.
A Biopsy was done at The Mayo Clinic. They do not know how far along it is, but can only hope it's Stage I or Stage II. Stage III or IV is not a good scenario.
It'll most likely be removed by Thoracic Surgery (cracking open my chest) in the next couple of weeks or sooner. Hopefully it did not spread to other parts of my body. I am only 54, normally a picture of health. Need to be strong and will hopefully have a lot of life left to make a positive difference in as many things as possible.
I wish everyone the best and if you think you should see a Doctor for something, please don't delay.
http://www.cancer.net/cancer-types/thymoma/view-all
The cancer is the size of a Softball. There is a lot of pressure & tightness in my chest. Had to be taken to a hospital in an ambulance as the pain was SO bad.
A Biopsy was done at The Mayo Clinic. They do not know how far along it is, but can only hope it's Stage I or Stage II. Stage III or IV is not a good scenario.
It'll most likely be removed by Thoracic Surgery (cracking open my chest) in the next couple of weeks or sooner. Hopefully it did not spread to other parts of my body. I am only 54, normally a picture of health. Need to be strong and will hopefully have a lot of life left to make a positive difference in as many things as possible.
I wish everyone the best and if you think you should see a Doctor for something, please don't delay.
