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Frank, @franki24 , The appointments never seem to come fast enough, do they? Waiting is quite difficult. I don't mean to contradict your primary doctor who knows your case well, and I'm not a doctor. I'll speak in general terms, not specific to your case, if we are not experiencing symptoms, waiting a few weeks usually isn't going to have much impact. I tend to believe that unless I have pathology to confirm a nodule/mass is cancer, then I don't know for sure (again, just my take). A year ago, I had a new 1cm nodule show up on a CT scan. The PET showed 'uptake'. My oncologist was gearing up to change my targeted therapy treatment thanking that it was failing. After two biopsies we determined that the nodule wasn't cancer, it was inflammation reacting to a fungus. Our lungs are sensitive, they react to all sorts of things; cancer and otherwise.
Back to the waiting, we've all been in that situation, and it's not easy. Hoping that your appointments come soon. Hugs.