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Living with lung cancer - Introduce yourself & come say hi
Lung Cancer | Last Active: Sep 25 12:58pm | Replies (1044)Comment receiving replies
Hi there. I know of Mayo Clinic Connect because I'm on the PMR group. Diagnosed with lung cancer after a CT scan with contrast a week ago so I'm early on. PET scan and biopsy to follow, but that all takes time. Thought I'd get started here. I'll be reading, and I'm sure I'll have more to add in the future. Thanks for all that you do. Kathy
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Good morning Kathy and welcome to the Lung Cancer group. With PMR you certainly don't need one more thing, do you? I was a heavy smoker and was not surprised at the news. However, no matter if you have suspicions or not I was definitely shocked at hearing those words. How are you dealing with this?
You do have a head start in being familiar with medical care and illness. This will help you with your journey. Two possible next steps will be a PET scan and a biopsy. Biopsies aren't always needed nor advised in some cases and there are varied reasons for this. In the 6 lung cancers that I have had, I've only had 1 biopsy as a tool for diagnosis. And I am very thankful for the caution taken with this.
But PET scans are a wonderful tool for confirming cancer suspicion. Be prepared to spend some time at the hospital when you have a PET. There is a lot of protocol surrounding the injection and wait time (usually an hour or so) paperwork, etc. You might have already had one for other reasons so this might be a moot point.
Do you have dates set for the PET scan as yet?
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Oh gosh, @kmeikle1, I'm just catching up with this post. I'm sorry to hear that you have lung cancer to add to your polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR).
Kathy, have you had the PET scan and biospy in the meantime? How are you doing?