Thank you for this.

I had them take the whole thing. The pathology is back, confirming the
1.5cm nodule with NO cancer on the margins, no spread to any nodes---so,
they 'got it.', it would seem, which of course is great. No regrets (as it
wouldn't matter) re holding out for a lobectomy though in retrospect it
sure appears that might save me the medication not to mention the
possibility of radioactive iodine treatment, which I still hope to avoid.
I hope this fretting and thinking is of some value to those who are
contemplating action. I am supposing I 'got lucky' with the contained
nodule. The surgeon certainly did a clean job. Only pain is the
to-be-expected sore throat from the damned air tube.

Best to all out there.

Hugo