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Stories of Fibrosing Mediastinitis

FIBROSING MEDIASTINITIS STORIES

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I have been living with this disease for nearly 12 years. I have 7 stents in my super vena cava (SVC) I started out getting 3 then after some more symptoms came back I have gotten 4 more. I see Dr Doyle and Dr Loyd at Vanderbilt in Nashville TN When...

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by Melissa McMurray

POST HISTOPLASMOSIS FIBROSING MEDIASTINITIS

I was diagnosed with histoplasmosis in December 2016 after a misdiagnosis of cancer. It started with a small nagging chest pain and cough and has evolved into so much more. I have a very large mass that sits on my bronchial tree and all of the surrou...

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10/5/17, 3:01 PM by Jennifer

HISTOPLASMOSIS RELATED FIBROSING MEDIASTINITIS

My son Cody was diagnosed with this awful disease the Fall of 2011 after months of misdiagnosis. He had just graduated high school in 2010 & started his first year in college to become a game designer. His symptoms started shortly after his 19th b...

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3/17/18, 11:24 PM by Sharon

THE LONG ROAD OF UNCERTAINTY

I began to have a vibrating sensation in my chest that "felt like something bad was in my chest" whenever I would cough. And I had been having a dry cough for a while. I knew something was off, and I knew something bad was happening. I am a doctor. I...

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12/31/17, 2:13 PM by Amy

LIVING WITH FM

Histoplasmosis infection circa 1983. 16 years old. 50 now. Very painful disease. Pulmonary hypertension. Enlarged heart. Limited in cardiovascular abilities extremely. I had a pulmonary shunt with my left Pulmonary vein in 1997(moved the posi...

Is Fibrosing Mediastinitis hereditary?