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>
From: mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 11:17:12 -0400

On 10/17/19 10:39 AM, Michael Walsh wrote:
> 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.

I had a dual hernia operation back around '92 or '93. They did laparoscopy,
and went in through my belly button. I was walking to the car (my late wife
driving) after I came out of anesthesia.

  mark
>
> 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
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------
>>> Posted by: Michael Walsh <walshmichaelj at gmail.com>
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