Dont apologize. It's a scary thing and we've all heard those scary words, "it's cancer".

At 5mm or 7 mm they're still too small to biopsy by needle or EBUS. I don't know enough to tell you whether or not you would qualify for a wedge resection but I was offered one on a spiculated nodule in my right middle lobe. That may have been easier to get at though.

Do get a second opinion. If Mayo is not close to you perhaps one of these leading cancer centers:
https://www.nccn.org/home/member-institutions