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Multiple lung nodules: Might they be noncancerous? What next?
Lung Cancer | Last Active: Sep 12, 2023 | Replies (174)Comment receiving replies
Well, it turned out to be a needle biopsy! I was so thankful after learning it was going to be a 3-4 hour experience. However, it was recovery time for the sedation. I saw the Dr come in and later woke up done. Fentanyl. You certainly helped me along...results in a week or so. RELIEF
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Yes, so scary going in for the needle biopsy. The sedation medication worked amazing.
They did not sedate for same procedure type prior to wedge resection. They needed to insert some kind of tracer in to the nodules so they could find the nodules during the surgery. Placing the tracers was a procedure similar to the needle biopsy performed immediately ahead of the wedge resection surgery. As they carted me off to that procedure, I was thinking “they must be going to give me something in there” Nope, they did not. I laid there the whole time (felt like eternity) as they inserted the needle into both nodules and put the tracers in, thinking “is this on purpose or did someone forget to give me sedation?” I resolved that they must not want to give something right before anesthesia and tried hard to bring my grand babies into my mind. If I have to do again, I will ask them if they can give me something first.
Best wishes for your medical progress. If you come across this same type of procedure recommendation, you can ask more questions about how it all lays out prior to the actual surgery.