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Is a Spiculated lung nodule always malignant?
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@shellyrenee, With the symptoms that you are having, and the CT and PET results, you certainly sound like you need treatment. The weight loss and the rib pain are certainly concerning as well.
Are you being seen at a medical institution that sees many cases like yours, or is it a smaller local clinic/hospital? Most experts will urge patients to be seen at a teaching hospital, or one specializing in cancer, or even specializing in thoracic oncology.
Waiting can be so hard on us, the emotions of not knowing the next steps can be overwhelming. Is it possible for you to get on a wait list for an earlier appointment with the surgeon?
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I have another CT with contrast this Friday and the earliest the surgeon could see me after that was on the 28th. Im being seen at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, NC. I will let them do what they are going to do (unless the surgeon tries to push it off any further), but my fiancé' and I have already decided that if it is cancer, I will not stay with the hospitals in NC. I will be heading to the Massey Cancer Center At VCU in Virginia.