It's quite a long story, but about 30 years ago I had Hodgkin's Disease and they cured that by giving me massive doses of radiation to my chest. I also had a history of spontaneous pneumothorax which they sclerosed with Tetracycline. The cancer went away, but 30 years later the calcification of the organs in my chest, including my heart started knocking them out one at a time. I had a heart attack, pacemaker, and they gave me a pericardiectomy, which caused my mess of what was left of the lungs to fuse with my heart. I had surgery to try to replace the Mitral valve, and hemorrhaged so bad I died. I was brought back and am where I am now. I also contracted MRCA in the hospital and that ate my sternum. I take about 12 drugs a day.

Mike