A few years ago, my father was diagnosed with a fairly common form of prostate cancer. As a result, he needed surgery to get it out of his body before it spread anywhere. When he got out of surgery, we were informed by the doctors that they could not remove the breathing tube at the moment. He’s a smoker, and the polyps on his esophagus made it difficult to get the breathing tube in. Because of the struggle, his esophagus had swelled up from the irritation. If they were to remove it right away, there was a fear that it…
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