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1.7 mass on right lung: Any advice as I wait for a biopsy?

Posted by charlene9 @charlene9, Dec 11, 2024

Went to the ER with chest discomfort. They ran all kind of test x ray CT scan. No heart issues but they did find a 1.7 cm mass on my right lung came I am now waiting for a biopsy. I have anxiety on a normal day but now it is off the charts. My mind will not stop going to the bad places. I am not sleeping. I need some advice on what to do.

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Dec 23, 2024
In reply to @charlene9 "Thank you for all that advice. I think I was very lucky that they found it...." + (show)
@charlene9

Thank you for all that advice. I think I was very lucky that they found it. 1.7 cm

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@charlene9, any update? When is the biopsy?

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charlene9 | @charlene9 | Dec 23, 2024

Had the biopsy last Wednesday. Still waiting. And that is really hard

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abob | @abob | Dec 24, 2024

I have been there. Terrible anxiety awaiting results. Some have been good, dime have been bad. But what I have learned is that if a bad result, it will be dealt with. Cancer is tricky , often getting a good or puzzling result when a bad is expected, and vice versa. So I tell myself my father’s advice, “don’t worth in advance” bc it is nonproductive and exhausting both mentally and physically.

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Lisa, Volunteer Mentor | @lls8000 | Dec 27, 2024
In reply to @etb2 "I have a 1.3 cm. Nodule in my left lung close t blood vessels er do..." + (show)
@etb2

I have a 1.3 cm. Nodule in my left lung close t blood vessels er do I the don't want to biopsy. It is spiculated. What does that en? I get a CT every 6 months. The same radiation ooogist who told me if I had radiation and it wasn't cancer it would scr my lungs, actually said to have it 6 months ago. I have another CT in just. Since it had not grown, I didn't have radiation, so we will see. I also have a few small ground glass nodules to small to biopsy. What are they? And what is spiculated?

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@etb2 , it sounds like your doctor is monitoring the size of your nodules, which is good. The radiologists watch for growth or changes over time, but pathology is needed to confirm what type of cells make up the nodules. As you've heard, radiation does come with side effects, and lung scaring can be common from radiation. Our lungs are made of sensitive tissue.
https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-health/speaking-of-health/understanding-lung-nodules

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dtorelli | @dtorelli | Jan 5 7:02am

They didn’t do a FDG Pet Scan before the biopsy? I have a 1.4 cm x 1.1 cm smooth nodule. They think it may be a Carcinoid/Neuroendocrine. It was caught on a Calcium Heart Scan which shows partial lungs. I had no symptoms. I did a regular Full Chest CT and that is the only new one besides an old 4 mm nodule that has been there since 2017.
Going for an FDG PET Scan Tuesday to see if anything lights up. Now if surgery is going to happen whether that Lower Right Lung nodule lights up or not, then they can skip the biopsy until they do the VAT’s surgery and take biopsies then. I am doing the less invasive surgery rather than a Lobectomy because of it’s location and size.

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