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When I found out I had thymoma ¡ª a rare tumor of the thymus gland ¡ª I knew I couldn¡¯t stay in South Texas for my treatment.

I¡¯d been convinced for more than a decade that something was wrong with me, but nobody ever connected any of my symptoms with the mass growing slowly behind my sternum.

Over the years, I¡¯d seen a cardiologist for heart palpitations, a gastroenterologist for swallowing problems, an ophthalmologist for...