I can’t wear a mask
Not without an oxygen tank
With the Delta variant of Covid making its rounds, people are once again masking up. Well, some never stopped masking. But many of my friends who had gotten their vaccines decided they could safely remove their masks in many situations where they had prior masked.
Now, though, they are re-masking.
I get it. No one wants to end up in the hospital fighting for their life.
Of course, I am already there — not in a hospital, thankfully, but fighting for my life.
3 months ago I had surgery to remove a lemon sized brain tumor, and it was discovered I also had lung cancer. The doctors gave me 3–6 months to live. I’m hoping to be around longer than that, of course.
One issue though — I can’t wear a mask for more than a few minutes.
The last time I wore a mask, after about 5 minutes, I started to hyperventilate and had to take the mask off and sit in a corner with my head between my knees fighting for breath. I also have adult onset asthma which probably does not help.
I have an oxygen sensor and the other day I tried an experiment to make sure it wasn’t psychosomatic.
I tested my oxygen levels. They were at 94%. Prior to my getting lung cancer, whenever I had my oxygen…
