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I am going through the steps of finding out if I do. If I did not advocate for myself when I noticed changes in my body and the dr.s were telling me the reason for weight loss, muscle loss, no energy, always tired, loss of interest, new pain in shoulder and back was always, it is my age. I am only 58, it started when I was 55, I demanded acta scan from a doctor who was leaving, and lo and behold, a suspicious cystic mular nodule 8mm, a lesion in paratid, not sure if it is related, and still seen on cta scans from 2022 and 2023, i still had GGO's with shift tissue nodules and others you can't really see. The place i was going said it was nothing but inflammation, where I disagreed. They should have been doing follow up low loose cta scans every 6 months. When they failed and 20 months went by, I realized, you vanity count on them to do the right thing. You need to advocate for yourself. When you tell them and they ignore it, time fir a different doctor until you find someone who listens to your concerns and investigates. The same goes for a doctor, if they don't have the details, they dint know what all they should be looking at to try and find out what if anything is wrong. I lost a father to leukemia, I am the first in my family for lung cancer stuff, My lungs were exposed to a lot of toxins over the years including tobacco. I am medically smart, and mentally prepared for what ever the outcome is, but early detection is important, and I am hoping that my pushing for answers and not excepting that I got a year older so my body went through so many changes in what seemed like overnight was not a good enough answer, especially when I knew I was a high risk for lung cancer.

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@ggmamasita , I'm sorry to hear that your concerns about your own health were not heard. We know our bodies best, and you did the right thing to keep going back. Please keep getting those scans, so you can note any changes. Early detection is important.