Asking for prayers or good vibes again for my friend, Tom.

He has been in the hospital for 7 days now. He admitted himself to the Emergency room because his left lung, (where he had radiation treatment for stage 3 inoperable lung cancer), keeps filling up with fluid. They are on their third go removing fluid...more than 2 Liters so far.

They say they don't know what is causing it.

PLEASE send all your good thoughts, good vibes and/or PRAYERS to the doctors who are treating him. If I could, I would request that those doctors receive Divine guidance, so that they will figure out what is wrong, and figure out how to fix it.

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ABCDEF7 · M

I also once had to go through fluid removal from chest. In my case it was tuberculosis. There is also a possibility of flaring of TB if you had it before and you abruptly withdrew from steroids. It happened in my case as I discontinued steroids without doctor prescription.

There can be many reasons for pulmonary edema(fluid in lungs). Like, Pneumonia and other infections can inflame lung tissues, causing fluid buildup. There can also be many reasons in which it can be difficult to find out the root cause, like, exposure to certain toxins or drug reactions which can also contribute to fluid accumulation in the lungs.

I hope doctors will soon be able to rule out the cause, and he will be better again. If he has the +ve attitude towards life, he can recover fast.

4meAndyou · F

@ABCDEF7 Thank you, dear friend. It's good to know the possible reasons for his condition. I suspect he has been exposed to toxins. During the Vietnam war, he was stationed on the USS Kittyhawk, in the gulf of Tonkin, and he told me one of their tasks was to clean the decks and bulkheads when they became coated with Agent Orange.

In addition to that, he is NOT careful with pesticides. He uses them a lot. Recently he sprayed a nest of wasps that he observed crawling into a hollow metal opening on the rim of his mobile home. I asked where it led, and he said that wall was behind the cabinets in his kitchen.

ABCDEF7 · M

@4meAndyou I hope doctors also have all this information so it helps them find right cause and move towards the right treatment.

4meAndyou · F

@ABCDEF7 Thank you. I PRAY that they do. I can't speak to them on his behalf, because that makes him upset. He doesn' t remember too much of his own history, and when I repeat to him the things he has told me, and the things he has done, he says he doesn't remember this or that...and he has asked me NOT to tell his doctor things he doesn't remember.

ABCDEF7 · M

@4meAndyou This is kind of weird. If he can't remember his past correctly he should be thankful to you if you could share some important information for doctors to treat him. I can't understand that.

For me, his health & life would be more important than he keeping me in his good books.

4meAndyou · F

@ABCDEF7 I did tell his pulmonary specialist's PA that before radiation treatment his left lung had collapsed, but they went ahead with the radiation anyway, and the lower portion of the lung was sort of burned or fused to it's own fold afterward. He asked me if I had talked to the PA, and if so, what I had said, and I told him. He said he didn't remember any of that, and didn't know if it was even true, so he said he would appreciate it if I would not speak to his doctors about things he doesn't remember.

He really is a blank slate at times. Some of it is from PTSD, some of it is or was Chemo Brain, and some of it is because he tells tall tales and can't keep them all straight. He is just VERY touchy about his privacy and what he considers his OWN territory. He is Never thankful for interference. I am not his wife.

His life IS important to me, and I DID speak, and I was warned off.

There is also a legal issue, because even though I am allowed to be in the emergency room with him at his own request, I am not his family, and he has not signed any papers authorizing a Doctor to discuss his medical issues with me.