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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
Omgosh. You have a lot going on. I just said a prayer for you. I will know more on Monday and what kind of kickback my dr wants to give me on how to proceed. Sounds like a PET scan is the first step on what I’m reading..less invasive. Wonder how long that wait is. My family physician is with mayo and all my tests and records are at mayo. I do everything there.
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aahlrichs, It's nice to hear you are in the Mayo system, If you can share, I'm curious if your family physician is located in Rochester, Jacksonville, or Scottsdale? Or practicing in one of the many outlying Mayo owned hospitals or clinics. Anyway there are many locations in the Minnesota, Wisconsin area. I'm not sure about Florida and Arizona. Thanks
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Thanks. I am doing well. I don't care if I have lung cancer if it can be managed. Multifocal is like chronic lung cancer and slow growing. It is considered complex, and Mayo likes complex, so they told me. In fact, in Oct 2023, they are coming out with a ten-year study on it.
So, you are not in Twin Cites then. It is convenient to have all your records at Mayo, then your next specialist can see them without a lot of effort. I discovered I had a heart problem at the same time as my lung problem. I asked my Mayo Pulmonologist to refer me to Cardiology so I could have my medical decisions coordinated (I needed a stent which requires drug therapy that prohibits surgery for at least 6 months). I got an appointment within a week. I caught Covid in August and could not get prompt alternative treatment locally so I called Mayo and I had same day appointment.