I am at a teaching hospital, so the doctor who ordered the CT (rheumatologist) sent me to the pulmonologist in oncology quickly when some were found. They really "hooked" me up quickly with the people I needed to see. I had one biopsy in a lymph node, which showed nothing. They wanted to do a resection, but I declined since it was just one node. Drs concurred. They thought it was perhaps from getting a recent vaccination in that arm. I am also now taking D3, which is thought to affect nodules.

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For me, I had a three month interval after my first CT to monitor a smaller nodule. At three months it was larger and a biopsy confirmed cancer, then a PET, and had surgery.
I'm not sure where you are located, but depending on their schedule/workload, Mayo can see people pretty quickly. For me, this all started a couple years ago, My doctor say some abnormal blood tests and referred me to a local oncology group and had to wait 3+ weeks for an appointment. On my own, I called Mayo on a Monday and received an appointment that Friday. Since then, I've had many appointments, and another surgery. In my opinion, making that first call to Mayo was the best thing I ever did. But there are many great doctors and facilities. Find what works for you and your family.

For me this has been stressful and expect it is for you and the family and am wishing you the best outcome possible, Colleen has provided a number of links to other connect conversations and encourage you to also look further at the connect website for other related podcasts and webinars. Let us know if you have questions and keep us updated. Good luck

It all depends on your insurance. If you cannot self-refer, I would certainly be insistent with your Primary Care doctor about seeing a Pulmonologist.
Regarding Mayo, they can move things along when they think it is the case. I sent my CT and PET scans (they want the actual scans not the report so be sure your doctor puts in the request to do that) and I was called the next morning by the Mayo Pulmonologist.
My x-ray said wait 6 weeks to do another x-ray and then CT scan, but I had local Pulmonologist order CT scan immediately. I read those reports and looked my local Pulmonologist in the eye and said I was going to Mayo. They were not happy, but I have original Medicare and pay mucho money for my Medigap insurance. I learned that it is very important to understand exactly what type of treatments are available and if your clinic/provider is capable of providing all options. My local clinic could not do VAT surgery for example. Also, the local Pulmonologist wanted to do a needle biopsy on the largest area, but their Radiologist refused to do it. He said that it was too risky, and he could not get enough sample tissue.
Mayo offered me surgery immediately and said 80% chance cancer. They did bronchial biopsy and VAT surgery together. Also, the first local CT scan only picked up two areas of concern. Mayo CT scan prep for surgery identified other nodules – they set their machines to do this. So, I was diagnosed with multifocal adenocarcinoma. They took out the largest area which was cancer and now I sit back and wait to see what the other nodules do. The area in the left lung which also lit up on the PET scan has not changed in 10 months and could still be scarring and not cancer. The other nodules in the right lung are part solid and ground glass. They don't want to do needle biopsy.

PS - Mayo wants to see the actual scans and x-rays. I had to do an x-ray a few weeks after my VAT surgery, and Mayo gave me the order to do it locally. The local provider issued a written report, but Mayo evaluated and issued its' own report on that x-ray!