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Health update

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The truth is that I'm not sure how I'm doing. But there's this:

    • My oxygenation level is consistently high. That's good, but my breathing is still pretty shallow if I move around even a little bit.
    • My colon virus seems to be gone. This is based on a lack of bowel movements lately.
    • But I'm peeing a lot, which is good.
    • My enterovirus (cold virus) is probably gone, though there's no telling for sure.
    • CT scan thorax: "Overall slight increased extensive bilateral consolidative and groundglass infiltrates. 4.2 cm dilatation of the ascending aorta. Tiny nonobstructing left nephrolithiasis." Got that?
    • Chest X-ray: "Interval mild increase in left lung diffuse airspace opacification. Mild to moderate right lung airspace opacification remains without change. There is a small left pleural effusion and adjacent compressive atelectasis or pneumonia, new. Stable cardiomediastinal silhouette. Low lung volumes."

I gather from this that the flu and pneumonia are roughly the same as before. This is bad. These are the key things that need to get better, and I don't know why they aren't. I'm extremely fatigued and it's very frustrating.

65 thoughts on “Health update”

  1. KawSunflower

    Well, when you're back, you're back - productive despite the remaining conditions to overcome!

    Found these posts before 5'30 AM Eastern time, so happily surprised despite having checked frequently yesterday until late. I thought. Hoping that you haven't worn yourself out in this burst of energy, but am overjoyed for you & Marisn & wishing you sustained energy & progress.

  3. als

    if your oxygenation and respiratory rate are improving and your subjective sense of your breathing is better, then I would not worry too much about the imaging. The images typically lag behind the clinical improvement by several weeks. Hoping you stay on track!

    -a pulmonologist

  7. go-grizzlies

    Well, my breathing improved just seeing your new posts--so thank you! But I wish the will of your readers were enough to get you well. The love is there, and love is powerful--so keep on improving and sharing your singular and very fine mind. You make the world better all right.

  8. JoyousMN

    So glad to see your posts Kevin, but more than that, glad to hear some things are trending better. Thinking about you and wishing you continued improvement.

  9. csherbak

    I have no idea what it all means but if your OX is good, that's good. Continued offers of best wishes to you, Marian and the cats.

  10. Skathmandu

    Love to see you back. From what ChatGPT can make of your diagnostic notes, you're continuing to have a shitty time with your lungs. Hope you can tell us all about it soon.

  11. harrymilleriii

    Great to have you back. Man, you seemed to have quite the pent up things to write about. Always a pleasure to read. Keep your energy up. Feel better.

  16. Narsham

    It's good to have you posting again, Kevin. Even before I started checking the site to see if there was any news on your health, it was at the far left of my frequently visited Firefox shortcuts.

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