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Living with lung cancer - Introduce yourself & come say hi

Lung Cancer | Last Active: Jan 22 8:18am | Replies (1013)

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@cmcguire10

Hello,
My name is Cindy and I am also just finding out about all this as well. I had a lung screening and they found a nodule in my upper left central lobe. Mine was just by chance as I was just setting up a new PCP as I had just moved here a year and a half ago. Turns out the nodule was there since at least 2014, but I never knew. It’s in my hospital records after a car accident, but, the biggie… they didn’t tell me or my Dr!
Well anyway, my journey started on 1-5-23 and have had the Lung screening CT, blood work, Pulmonary visit, an Endobronchoscopy and this past week I just had my PET scan. Mine and my families heads have been spinning! Good news is it hasn’t spread anywhere else! The hard part is waiting for each test result, I think. Then the beating myself up for smoking for so many years, and then turning it to planning on how to fight so I can be around for many more years. I go to Mayo and I wouldn’t go anywhere else here. They are the BEST! I hope you get the care you need and try not to focus on every little thing. (Easier said than done, I know!) Try to keep busy and take lots of long walks. It does help relax you. Best regards!

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Thanks @cmcguire10. Good news yours has not spread...and I agree the hard part is waiting for answers. I have not gotten to the point of talking with an oncologist or thoracic surgeon yet..hopefully that will be soon. I'm also curious as to how long it takes from the time you are diagnosed and at what stage - to actually doing something about it (i.e. removing it) or whatever other options there are if it has spread. I feel as though I am in the abyss and the more youtube videos I watch the more stressed I get.