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Lung Cancer | Last Active: Sep 25 10:09pm | Replies (12)

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The waiting is the hardest part for everyone, we want to know what is happening and how we can make the right decisions, on top of that if you’re dealing with cancer your mind is telling you things that you don’t want to think about. I realize that the doctors try to prioritize their patients according to the urgency of their needs and now they have even more to deal with…I remember years ago when our medical system was failing us but at least you got in with a doctor very quickly, today we are trying to survive with a shortage of medical care, I live in Canada. In 2022 I had more cancer and it was decided that they do a wedge section, I waited for a while to get in for surgery and on one occasion it was cancelled because of staff shortages, I was already in the hospital and prepped for surgery, this was very traumatic to deal with, at the end of the day I am going through the same process of watch and wait and it doesn’t get easier being my third time to do this, we try to do the best we can and pray for the best results amen.

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@frouke thank you for your response. This is my first go at this. It worries me even more that so many stories like yours are of reoccurrence. I do not know your history but it seems like this is just the beginning and that the nodules keep popping up.

Chatgpt basically said- if it grows its cancer, if it stabilizes it still may be cancer and only if it disappears you are safe. So we have to wait and see if it grows--and hoping that if it does during the wait that it didn't go into the lymph nodes and spread. I really would like a bronchoscopy and biopsy but my doctor who is not from a large clinic said no way its impossible no one would perform that.