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Has anyone had a CT guided lung needle biopsy is it fairly safe?
Lung Health | Last Active: Mar 28, 2023 | Replies (23)Comment receiving replies
They just want to set me up for the same thing. I just had the bronchoscopies done Monday as I had they assume cancer right next to the Aorta in the lung one place and something on the lymph node as well. He thought it might be a melanoma on the lymph node but they don’t think so. So after doing all that and I still feel awful, now they want to do the scan/needle one. Did you feel reasonably fine after the bronchoscopy? I’ve had headaches every day, nausea and weak and shaky.
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I was surprisingly okay. Before the procedure I made sure to let the anesthesiologist know to give me something for nausea because I have a weak stomach. I also had some coughing few days but it resolved. I made sure to drink a lot of water hoping to flush out the anesthesia. I also did deep breathing with an incentive spirometer. I’m not sure if maybe that helped. I don’t understand why they had to do a needle biopsy on me when my bronchoscopy with biopsy results were good. I would have thought that the bronchoscopy with biopsy was more extensive and more accurate than the lung needle biopsy. How did your doctor explain it to you when they wanted to do a needle biopsy? When is yours scheduled?