My husband has stage 4 lung cancer with bone mets to spine they want tto do surgery on T9 because mass is pushing on spinal cord,but if they dont do radiation first I dont think he will have much time left.and when he sleep at night he will breath real hard then it gets real shallow coul you tell me what could be the reason
Based on your introduction, your husband has stage 4 lung cancer, so that shallow breathing is shortness of breath (dyspnea) which is common during terminal cancer. Hence, over breathing reduces CO2 levels in the arterial blood. Hope this helps! Take care & good luck to your husband.