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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?

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I’ve decided I’m not doing it. I was great before they started poking around and now I’m still somewhat weak 3 weeks after the biopsies. I’ll be talking to the surgeon on the 30th and will try and get info as to how fast it will be growing ( so far the one by the aorta is slow) the one by the lymph node is newer so not sure. Just want to enjoy life and not be stuck at home feeling crappy. I’ma fairly active person for 85 and still want to get on my little Honda Navi 110cc motorcycle when I feel strong enough!