Mass on lung and lymph nodes

Posted by detroitmom23 @detroitmom23, Jan 4, 2023

I had a routine Cat Scan about a month ago and found large mass in lung and probability of surrounding lymph nodes. I have consultation this week to discuss best approach to biopsy and also setting up Pet scan. I’m beyond devastated and scared. I heard the needle biopsy is miserable. I feel certain I’m facing death and perhaps worse thing is telling my two adult daughters who already lost their dad when they were kids.

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detroitmom23 | @detroitmom23 | Jan 10, 2023

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Apparently we could send private messages but I can’t figure it out 😗

bellsina71 | @bellsina71 | Jan 10, 2023

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@detroitmom23

Hi Angela - my name is Maureen. I live south of Detroit and about a half hour away from Ann Arbor University of Michigan Hospital where I’m being seen. There’s only a few people who know what I’m going through and my husband is glass half full and I’m glass half empty - he tries to keep things positive. I’m glad in a way but sometimes I feel like he doesn’t know what it’s like to feel like I’ve been handed a death sentence. Sometimes I get so uptight , especially in the evening that I jump in the car and just ride around. We are not abnormal to be so upset. When I got my MRI last week I was in a women’s changing room getting into gown met two other women. One appeared to be about 50 and said she’s been dealing with breast cancer for several years. She was crying because of claustrophobia and being inside of MRI. The other lady was probably in her 70’s and also crying. She lost her husband last year and had cancer in her sinuses. I felt so bad for them! As for my symptoms- ever since the beginning of this past summer I’ve had sharp pains off and on in one ear. The pain also caused my jaw to feel sore. I thought maybe it could be a dental problem so saw dentist and no issues. Then went to ENT dr and no issues with ear. Went to primary dr and he thought I might have a pinched nerve so ordered a car scan of my neck. At the last minute he said by the way let’s get a lung screen too since I’m a smoker. So I did both the same day. Mass on lung 😞. I’m usually an information junkie and want to read about what I’m dealing with - but this is too much. The stats are not good at all. So I try to avoid the internet. And I still haven’t read my brain MRI results. I’m so scared that I’ve asked my dr to tell my husband the diagnosis after all my tests are done - I can’t bear to hear it. They told me they will know the results of biopsy right when they are done doing it. The pathologist will be in the surgery room. I don’t want to know that day either. I don’t handle general anesthesia well and don’t want to wake up to dreadful news. I’m such a baby!

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Also in Milwaukee here I am with the Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic and I am hoping they have clinicals and stuff but I dont' really see that there are any Research Hospitals near me. My sister is a nurse and she told me to get some Ivermectin and start taking that 1 time a week. There is some research that it can help cancer patients or stop the cells from dividing. I've tried to read up on it, but I would eat a centipede if they said it could help!

detroitmom23 | @detroitmom23 | Jan 10, 2023

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The blood levels sound like anemia? Are you really tired all the time? A cancer center sounds like a good place to be and they probably have access to clinical trials too. Did you just spit up blood the one time?

bellsina71 | @bellsina71 | Jan 10, 2023

Maureen,
It's also good your hubby is keeping things positive!! I have my mom and son doing that for me right now and it helps so much! My mom told me tonight she was going to kill me because I kept sending horrible things about my CT scan I was finding on the internet. She is right though I shouldn't be diagnosing myself!?! It was such terrible, depressing things I was finding also. She told me that she wanted to think positive and not be upset until we know for sure what's going on. I told her I would try to stop looking online! I think I have too bc I will drive myself completely NUTS! Are you religious at all or do you believe that we go on somehow? I think we all go on but that doesn't mean I want to go yet!!!!

detroitmom23 | @detroitmom23 | Jan 10, 2023

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The ivermectin is interesting..,

bellsina71 | @bellsina71 | Jan 10, 2023

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Yes, I'm totally anemic and feel just fine! Ha ha! Go figure? I'm not tired at all and usually stay up late and get up early! My oncologist office said that this could have been going on a while or slowly and so my body didn't notice it but it's so weird! With the blood, I went to bed and started wheezing which I never do, so I got up to go spit it out and it was blood. I called my mom to come over to watch Ameirah while I went to the hospital and by the time I got there an hour later, it had pretty much stopped. But I am grateful it happened long enough for me to find out I have this wrong because I want to have a chance!!

bellsina71 | @bellsina71 | Jan 10, 2023

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Yeah that's what I thought!

Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Jan 11, 2023

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@bellsina71 and @detroitmom23, ivermectin combined with other chemotherapy drugs or targeted drugs is being studied in early clinical trials and shows promise in patients for whom conventional chemotherapy has not worked in some cancer types. It may be effective against drug-resistant cancer cells.

IMPORTANT
It is NOT safe to take ivermectin that is commercially available. Please talk to your doctor before taking any over-the-counter medications or supplements that claim to fight or cure cancer.

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detroitmom23 | @detroitmom23 | Jan 11, 2023

In reply to @colleenyoung "@bellsina71 and @detroitmom23, ivermectin combined with other chemotherapy drugs or targeted drugs is being studied in..." + (show)

Thanks Colleen. I wouldn’t take anything unless my dr prescribed it. The use of Ivermectin in clinical trials is, however a hopeful thing!

detroitmom23 | @detroitmom23 | Jan 11, 2023

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Good morning, how are you today? Day started off rough but going better now.
Question- have you had a Pet scan before? If so how long ago?

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