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@richardab

Not germane to your specific condition but anxiety over diagnostic testing is an issue for me. I had a lung nodule several years ago (cryptogenic organizing pneumonia). Ended up getting a PET scan. The nodule lit up like a Christmas tree. Until the biopsy was done (negative results for cancers), I was worrying myself to death. When I later got blood test results showing my immunoglobulins were out of order, elevated M-proteins, and other results, the immunologist suggested I see an oncologist because it looked like Myeloma. So more worries about having cancer. Turns out it is Smoldering, not Multiple Myeloma and doesn't require treatment yet but talk about stress hearing you might have cancer. So take results with a grain of salt until you can talk to physicians, don't read too much on the Internet about what could be wrong. Best of luck.

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Thank you for sharing.
I have 9 lung nodules. I have RA and I am also a breast cancer survivor.
Due to go for a follow up scan this year. The stress can be overwhelming.
Hopefully no changes. 🙏🏻