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Neuroendocrine Tumors (NETs) | Last Active: 1 day ago | Replies (14)

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@jhhaas

Hi, your story sounds like mine. I had right middle lobe removed October 2023 due to a malignant tumor. There were other smaller tumors in the same lobe which I believe is why they removed it instead of just removing the tumor. It was typical carcinoid, and I get scanned every six months. So far everything has remained stable. But was also diagnosed with DIPNECH, at the same time. I was treated and follow up with my surgeon at Memorial Sloane Kettering, and he referred me to a local pulmonologist. The problem is all of my other doctors don’t know much about NETs. Thankfully, so far, my only symptoms are some shortness of breath on exertion, which is not horrible, and a frequent clearing of my throat. I do not have the cough so many others have. I also have GERD which I’ve learned is also common. I generally feel pretty good, so have not pushed to get on treatments because I also hear about some of the side effects. But I do think I would feel better to be evaluated by a NET specialist to make sure they concur with what I’m doing. I have multiple tumorlets on other lobes, which so far have remained stable without any treatment. So I’m working on getting names of NET specialists to call, just to be safe. My MSK Dr says I’m very lucky and to go live my life and he’ll see me in 6 mos. I believe him, but when I mention any symptoms, he says go see my pulmonologist, and that doctor doesn’t really know about DIPNECH. So frustrating! Best wishes to you, I remember you are not alone.!

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I have GERD too. Before my DIPNECH and lung NETs was diagnosed even though we knew about all the nodules for a dozen years of incorrect guesses, my local pulmonologist told me my coughing was from GERD. I didn’t believe it and he wasn’t correct. I still have GERD but not the coughing due to the octreotide. My pulmonologist has one other DIPNECH patient but she’s asymptomatic and he didn’t even know about octreotide as a treatment. He’s really not interested in my case so I may switch to a pulmonologist on my NETs team at some point but oncology and the interventional radiologist are managing it well. You would think a specialist would be excited about following a rate disorder but I find they don’t want to invest time in learning about it when they may never have another case.

OMG. Yes yes yes so much the same. I was told by my pulmonary doctor that it might be DIPNECH but my oncologist does not say I have it. There are multiple tumorets but not growing. I still wonder if the different hospitals are correctly measuring them
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