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Zero-negative RA New diagnosis lung nodule

Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Jul 7 12:15pm | Replies (8)

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@breakingbadmom Please be sure to get a pulmonology referral from the cardiologist. I guess my issues occurred in a different order, pulmonary issues came first, later the diagnosis of coronary artery disease. In one case, my primary sent me to the pulmonologist. In the other, an Urgent Care to ER trip earned me a cardiologist on my team. In the odd world of medicine, it was my pulmonologist who sent me to rheumatologist because she thought my new, young PCP had missed something - and she was right.

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@sueinmn I appreciate your response, thank you. I’m already planning on not leaving cardiology without pulmonary work-up orders and referral. It takes such a mental toll. Fear of unknown and fear of known.
I stopped using all of my RA medications during the pandemic. I’m sure I will be going back Rhuematology if I have any funds left after being co-payed to death with cardiology/pulmonary.
Hugs.