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C Scan timing and scheduling

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: 6 days ago | Replies (21)
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There is a difficult balancing act. When I've had nodules above a certain size it's been recommended to do follow up CT scan in 3-6 mos.
Earlier in my bronchiectasis my first pulmonologist would sometimes skip the annual routine CT scan in favor of PFTs because my bronchiectasis was stable then (pre-MAC days), and I had a very minor thyroid cancer some yrs ago & radiation is one of the biggest risks/ causes for thyroid cancer so I wanted to guard against recurrence. On the other hand, my current NYU bronchiectasis specialist team is more aggressive w the CTs because any cancer history means nodules of a certain size need to be monitored & with MAC, my bronchiectasis is no longer stable. So ... there's not always just one answer.

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blm1007blm1007 | @blm1007blm1007 | Apr 17 2:17pm

Thanks. Glad you shared your experience and reasons why or why not for tests/C Scans, timing etc. etc.
Food for thought for us and for the doctors to know and understand our medical history to give full consideration as to how to go about tests/testing etc. Interesting, nodules of a certain size and testing, C Scans.
Again, it is that balancing act as in so many things.
As I think of it all now when I think of myself or sometimes verbalize to others "It's just me with my BE and MAC that has decided to live inside me." 😁 I have not agreed to....as yet.... the antibiotics. Also waiting on last results of the sputum vile submitted for testing. I will be seeing pulmonology doctor this month.
True, "there's not always just one answer and then there is "we are all different."
Hope your day has gone well.
Barbara

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