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Sub-solid nodule grew from 3.5 to 8 in a year: Wait for scan?
Lung Cancer | Last Active: Aug 10, 2025 | Replies (58)Comment receiving replies
Thank you for your reply to my post. It really does help to know that there are people like you that truly understand what I’m feeling., tomorrow will be one week that I’ve been home and the emotions do run high, like a roller coaster that goes round & round with happiness, fear, gratitude, pain, & so on . My family understands somewhat, but their only focus is for me to be off of pain med oxy. Hearing their feelings over & over again just adds stress & impedes my healing.
For today, I’ll try to surpass the walking I did yesterday & focus on my gratitude.
Blessings & prayers to you & everyone in this group.
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Even with the VATS SURGERY, I had to wean off of all the meds they gave me. You don’t just wake up a couple days after an even more major surgery and say, “I’m not taking my pain meds anymore”. Family is great and yours sounds like they are worried about that part of your recovery, but they can’t feel your pain. At only a week out, they don’t need to be worried. I’m sure you still need it. If you are worried about the oxy, you can always ask your Dr for a different kind of pain med. When your pain is controlled you feel better, and as you move and do things you heal faster. Did the Dr. prescribe you any other meds? Are you able to take Gabapentin or 800mg Ibuprofen? Robaxin for muscle relaxer? Those are what I went down to after the first week and by the second week the muscle relaxer about twice a day and ibuprofen and regular tylenol were all I needed. You will know when it’s time to wean down. Also, sometimes we just have to tell well meaning family that we appreciate their concerns, but “I got this”❤️ Good luck and keep going!