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Hi Yvonne - I'm glad to hear the doctor is happy with your progress - I bet it's a big relief for you.
You asked "I'd never even heard of a lung scarring specialist. Anyone? " Well, if you had asked my Dad, he would have said there's a specialist for everything. At one point he asked the doctor if he had to see a different doctor for his left shoulder than the right one. I would say it's not exactly a separate specialty, just someone he knows with more experience than he has in evaluating scarring. I think he may be concerned because you had such a difficult case, and wants to make sure he isn't missing anything.
As to whether scars change, my scarring after an infection never went away altogether, although the nodules eventually disappeared. On the other hand, after Covid my daughter's scarring has gotten better.
I don't think this is cause for anxiety - more like cause for celebration because your doc is so thorough!
Sue