[Dialogue] My health

[nancy]

Carlos,

    Our best wishes and prayers are with you and Cathy for these days and whatever the future may hold.  Continue the co-creator role!
        Grace and peace.
            Bill and Nan Grow
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Carlos R. Zervigon 
  To: 'Colleague Dialogue' 
  Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 4:13 PM
  Subject: Re: [Dialogue] My health


  Hello all

   

  Up to my 69th birthday, I have enjoyed great health and managed to keep a decent conditioning routine. About a year ago a few things in my blood test results were returning moderately irregular readings re: anemia and kidney function. I was also finding myself to be short of breath. While at one of my appointments with one of many specialists, the nephrologist (kidney) she listened to my lungs and heard "velcro" like sounds. After an MRI and a visit with a pulmonologist, I was diagnosed with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. This an irreversible scarring of the lung sacs which diminishes the ability of the lungs to take in oxygen. The life expectancy of this varies widely from a few months to a number of years with the average being between 3 to 6 years. I have been fortunate to be among the 30 plus percent that respond to prednisone a medication used for autoimmune  diseases such as lupus which Kathryn has controlled for over 15 years with very mild doses of prednisone. My spirits are high and I am grateful for the history that many of us share of the gift of life no matter what hand we are dealt. I have been dealt many good hands and look forward to the rest of my journey. I continue to be blessed with a sense of humor which has served me well. I felt that this was one community that I was obligated to share this with because of the depth of many of our relationships.

   

  Cheers

   

  Carlos R. Zervigon, PMP

  Zervigon International, Ltd.

  817 Antonine St.

  New Orleans, LA  70115  USA

  504 894-9868 Mobile: 504 908-0762

  carlos at zervigon.com

  http://www.zervigon.com

   



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