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Thank you for replying and I hope you are feeling better now. The pulmonologist is convinced mine is from radiation but you are right, it is impossible to know. I was told also that a surgeon might find it hard to get at the mass which is right at the sight of radiation and not deep at all. The difficulty is getting through thick skin. Does that sound familiar at all to your case? I hope I can go the robotic method, too with more rapid recovery? May I ask, please, how long it took you to recover, please? I am 68 and healthy overall and I walk a few miles every day. (That's what I live for to do outside.) I get together this week with an oncology lung doctor, and I am guessing I will not be offered radiation because I already had that. (?) I am wondering though if chemo will be offered? That scares me the most.
Many thanks for your info, and wishing you continued health.
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Hi,
As far as I have read, chimp is never necessary for Stage 1. Do you know what stage you are?
My tumour was very small (1(.7 cm x 1.6 cm, so about 3/4 inch). It was located in a very inaccessible place so they could not do a broncoscopy before surgery. However, my surgeon was convinced it was cancer and he recommended removing the entire lobe. You absolutely MUST have this done robotically even if it means travelling somewhere. The pain after the old method is excruciating and the recovery far longer. But it is essential to find a highly experienced robotic surgeon. Mine does 4 of these surgeries every day.
I left hospital after 3 days. This was longer than normal because I had an air leak. I went home with the drainage tube still in and that cause a lot of pain till it was removed 4 days later. My incisions did not hur t at all and healed very fast. One was 2 inches long and the other 4 were 1/2 inch.
I am 76, am very fit and have never smoked. I started walking 5 x 5 minutes per day immediately after surgery, eve n in the hospital. I now can walk 3 miles a day but still get a little. breathless. I started working out in the gym 1 month after surgery and can now do virtually everything I did before. I was very fatigued for about 8 weeks after surgery.
Good luck to you.