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Cavitary lesion and wall thickness ?
Lung Health | Last Active: Apr 6, 2017 | Replies (43)Comment receiving replies
@jewel888. I had a cavity in my upper right lung which was found when I had pneumonia 15 months ago. They watched it and it got smaller at one point and then when it went back to the original size they did a biopsy and diagnosed me w MAC. The biopsy was not of the cavity which they could not get to, but a lung lavage. . So I don't know what was in the cavity, which became thinner and thinner walled and now is just a weird spot they think is dead debris. I've been on MAC drugs since August.
Anytime mine got thinner walled the doc said that was good. I guess the wall is the infection part, but not sure.
Keep asking your doc what the thinning wall means. The Mayo told me not to fly, but now they said I'm ok being that the cavity has sort of disintegrated.
Hope that helped.
Kay S
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@kaystrand, Kay, thanks for jumping in here .. any help we can give @jewel888 Julie before her appointment .. hints .. thoughts .. advice will be a lifesaver. She is in a tough spot. Hugs! Katherine
Thank you Kay. I havent had a chance to talkbwith anyone else who understands so feeling much better. Im so glad to hear they can reduce as yours did.
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Kay, I believe you are right that a thinner wall is a positive sign.