Update 3/2/2012:
OK, I see it's been awhile since my last update, but I'll be brief;
I had the surgery, they removed half my right lung, I came home in January, somehow got an infection where my heart and lungs connect to one another. This resulted in cardio/respiratory arrest and a flight to El Paso for another 3 weeks stay.
I'm now home and improving daily, lots of good food and rest. I'll find out about chemo/radio etc, hopefully March 6th when I go back to VA for a consult.
Update 3/5/2012
We're on the way to El Paso for appointments tomorrow. Hopefully, I'll have god news when I get back.
Update 3/7/2012
Spent 9 hours at VA yesterday, so this will be short.
Had my chest drain pulled out 4cm, right lung still not fully inflated, so we're looking a options there.
Had a CT Scan done, 100% cancer free, so no chemo or radiology treatments.
Update 3/15/2012
OK, Good news, I'm getting stronger day by day.
Bad news, I continue to have minor setbacks, which are frustrating but I know they're to be expected, so I try not to be upset.
Next VA appointment is 3/27 hopefully they will remove this drain.
Another excellent bit of news is that I now go sleep for a full 8-10 hours a night
Update 3/17/2011
Weal, I'm not sure how many noticed, but I disappeared rather abruptly yesterday.
I was going to take a shower, while undressing, the drain in my chest fell out and I had to make an emergency run to El Paso.
We were in such a dither to leave that we forgot to load a laptop and Doctor's weren't done till after 5 PM so we stayed overnight and just got home.
Anyway, they decided to leave the drain out and see how things went as it would require General Anesthesia and surgery to replace it [The tube was about 3/8 of an inch in diameter and 15 inches long
End of it all, I'm home and so far feeling much better, I lost a lot of the pain in my chest and side