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1 cm lung cancer tumor with COPD & emphysema: Anxious

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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.

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franki24 | @franki24 | 9 hours ago

Hi Lisa:
Very kind of you to take the time to offer some perspective. I had a conversation with the nurse in the surgeon's office. She was looking at CT AND PET SCANS..

She suggested that it seemed to be slow growing and was not certain it was malignant. She suggested that our appt on the 20th would give us plenty of time as the PET showed no spreading or lymph node involvement. They want to take a history, PFT and stress test and then make a time for VATS.

I can be anxious and depressed when I become consumed with something as I am with this. Because the nodule solidified from what it was everyone is suspicious of malignancy. I have been doing a lot of reading and understand why.

I just hate being in this situation and am doing my best to process events and information as reasonably as I can. I also happen to be juggling several life balls and it makes for a level of uncertainty which is difficult to ignore.

Thank you for sharing your story and for providing an alternative way to think about all of this. It means a great deal to me that you take the time and effort to do that.

Thank you for the hugs and I hug you right back.

I have no choice in the matter but to wait. It is not my best quality. Ha ha ha

I hope you are well and thank you again.

Frank

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