I found my 1.5 cm smooth nodule on LRL by accident. Saw a top Chief Professor of Thoracic surgery at University of Chicago theat specializes in LC.. She did a CT, FDG PET and Gallium Dontatate 68 PET. Nothing lit up. She said sone my last Chest CT was done on 10/17 and this nodule was not there she cannot tell if it grew fast or slowing since then. She advised that instead of me going under GA twice, once being ION biopsy and second VATS, she recommended removing it. She said it could be anything, including scar or a Carcinoid/Neuroendocrine because it’s smooth that just didn’t lit up. I do have a history of smoking 1/2 pack for 39 years and quit 13 years ago. I am scheduled for VATS this Monday. Your thoughts please? I feel if I don’t I will worry every day about a sudden growth or change if it comes up benign after frozen biopsy during surgery.