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     My husband has had a cough and trouble breathing for a couple of months. I asked him on several occasions to call his doctor. We were camping with some friends and he started coughing and then quit breathing. That was a wake up call.

     I had a doctor appointment and he went with me. He was telling the nurse what was going on. They immediately took him back and did x-rays and blood work. That was a Tuesday. On Wednesday they called and said they had scheduled at CAT scan for Friday.  They called on Monday and said we had to go to Pittsburgh on Wednesday for a biopsy.

On Friday June 17, 2022 we got the call. Small cell carcinoma. Three masses. One in the left lung the size of a gold ball. Two more in the right lung. We are scheduled to go to the Oncologists on June 28. He will have a PET scan before that appointment.

So just like that our world is in a tail spin.

Are you listening?

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