From: Michael Walsh <walshmichaelj at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 10:39:39 -0400
Subject: [WSFA] Re: [wsfa-forum] Health news update, things are getting
 better ...
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Cc: WSFA Official List <wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com>

The hiatal hernia will almost certainly require surgery. The last time
I was on an operating table was in 1970 for  the removal of  the
appendix that
was going bad.

I'll know more when I meet with the doc.

Michael

On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 7:04 AM Madeleine Yeh <myeh at wap.org> wrote:
>
>     Its good to have an answer.    I'm glad this is
> something reasonably well understood and treatable.    Do
> you plan to have surgery to treat this?
>
>     Madeleine
>
> On Tue, 15 Oct 2019 23:57:06 -0400
>   "Michael Walsh walshmichaelj at gmail.com [wsfa-forum]"
> <wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> > So, last week I had a CT of the chest. And the results
> >are in ....
> >
> > .... mild atelectasis.
> >
> > "Atelectasis (at-uh-LEK-tuh-sis) is a complete or
> >partial collapse of
> > the entire lung or area (lobe) of the lung."
> > https://www.mayoclinic.org/.../symptoms-causes/syc-20369684
> >
> > But wait! There's more! There's a large hiatal hernia.
> >
> >For now I have an inhaler - Breo - with a 14 day supply.
> > Which has
> > made a positive difference in breathing
> >
> > At least I'm not a candidate for "Annals of Medicine" in
> >The New Yorker.
> >
> > Thank goodness for Medicare and the supplemental
> >insurance.
> >
> > Michael
> >
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