Let’s not go putting the cart before the horse, to use an old expression. Honeslty, it would be really very rare for an 18 year old to have lung cancer and I’m more worried about your health from all this stress over the unknown!

Truly, I know it’s human nature to think worst case scenarios. I’ve done it too. But I’m old enough to be your great grandma so I can say this with some authority, that most of the time the things we fear the most are the stories we put into our heads!!
The way I fight fear is getting right into its face! If something is bothering me with my health, I’d rather find out right away than to worry about it. Worry is wasted time!

You’re mentally training yourself for possible surgery. That shows me the solid willpower you have to think things through and come up with a plan! It also means you have the ability to rationally think this out and take the first step to actually finding out what the heck is going on before expending all that energy on heading to dark thoughts.
Another positive thought to hold onto is our bodies are incredibly resilient and designed to heal. You’ve already stopped smoking and that in itself will be a huge first step into healing. Make sure you’re eating healthy fresh fruits and vegetables and protein. They act as building blocks for cell production and repair.

So my best advice to you as a granny, is to go to urgent care and see what’s up with your lungs. You may just need something as simple as a prescription for antibiotics to clear up an infection. But you won’t know until you go!

What do you think? Does that make sense?