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A review of his medical records indicates that he was admitted to MMHS on 9/30/16 for shortness of breath and diagnosed with pneumonia. He has anaplastic thyroid cancer and last year underwent surgery at Mayo clinic, Subsequent tracheostomy and PEG tube placement On 10/3/2016 patient was transferred to Martin North to start his chemo/radiation therapy. He is followed by Dr. Redding fro radiologist oncology and Dr. Cruz Amy for oncology. He suffers from co-morbidities of hypothyroid-chronic, anxiety-chronic and depression- chronic.
At todays visit he is accompanied by his wife. He is awake, alert and oriented. He reports neoplasm related pain in his neck. He is unable to verbalize his speech due to his tracheostomy. He writes on a pad. He describes

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