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Post-Lobectomy Pleura build up - does it ever resolve on its own?
Lung Cancer | Last Active: Feb 16 4:07pm | Replies (23)Comment receiving replies
Hello, I’m new here and very worried. I had a VATS left upper lobectomy on 12/9/2025 stage 2B EFGR mutation grade 3. I went to ER for a UTI and they told me on my CT scan I have a large pleural effusion. I still have cough and sometimes difficult to even talk, it’s more throat irritation. I’m having a thoracentesis Monday and I’m very scared of what the fluid might be and the chances of having cancer cells in it. This has been difficult for me as I feel lost. I’m 49 yr old mother non smoker. Any advice
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@amareese, Everything that you are feeling is justified. This is a hard diagnosis to process, life changing. At the time of my diagnosis, I struggled to talk too. As I healed and the tumor size reduced, it did go away. Have you received the results of the thoracentesis?