Val Kilmer's Throat C, Trachea, and Pneumonia

Logan51

News just broke about his death, due to pneumonia. Think he was treated in 2015, but uncertain about the details and if surgery was involved. What is certain pertains to aspiration and pneumonia. FT-dependent since 8/2019 because of Rad damage to the top 1/3 of my esophagus, everything I swallow goes into my lungs. Thus, I cough/hack up a lot of congestion and spit it out. And I'm not talking about every once in a while- more like every couple minutes. Carry an overnight denture holder as my spittoon when I go into stores, or I'm going to be any inside a building for any length of time. Yes, it's not appealing for others to see, but it is necessary. AND, I can't help but remember Lil April and her struggle. Kilmer had a trachea tube, as did she, and I wonder if that is a complication to clearing the lungs by coughing thru the tube. The important thing to remember is to keep your lungs as clean as possible by coughing the stuff up to avoid pneumonia.

wbcgaruss

Logan, thanks for the update on Val Kilmer. May he rest in peace.

Logan, I am sorry you have to constantly be expelling something but you are handling it well and discreetly.

Thanks for reminding us of Lil April's struggles and the necessary support we need to each other.

Wishing You The Best

Take Care, God Bless

Russ

Logan51

Well, now I've read that he admitted that he'd had an Operation, then Chemo and Rads, at UCLA. As a Christian Scientist, he put off seeing a Dr. and said very little to the Media about his C experience. And, yes, he had a Feeding Tube, which likely explains the pneumonia by way of aspiration and is said to be the cause of his death.

mstclair

jarring when a guy born 3 weeks after me dies from what I have. 😞