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1 cm lung cancer tumor with COPD & emphysema: Anxious
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Hi Frank ( @franki24 ), Kudos to you for keeping active even with the multiple diagnoses. Exercise can help to clear our minds of the clutter too. This is a stressful time for you, but it sounds like you are on the right track and have a good team behind you. Do you also have a pulmonologist? It may be interesting to get their take on the history of your scans.
If you get to the point for surgery, remember that it is never easy, but what we envision in our minds can often be worse than what we experience. It's normal to feel stress in anticipation of that day. Hopefully the video visit with the surgeon puts you at ease.
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Hi Lisa: so sweet of you to take the time to write such generous words.
It is seemingly impossible to get anyone to see me quickly. The surgeon is a week away and the pulmonologist isn't until early February. I am having a rough day. It seems in many ways hopeless to me. I can't get anyone to return a call. I take full responsibility for the choices I have made in my life. It just seems that the delays have been going on since early December. I asked to see a pulmonologist last year and was told there was nothing in my scan to see one.
My doctor was quite sanguine about my prospects for surgery but now seems to think it needs to be done quickly. I am so disappointed.
I guess we'll have to wait and see. Thank you again for your thoughtful gesture.
Frank