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growing nodule and wait to see pulmonologist
Lung Health | Last Active: May 26, 2023 | Replies (11)Comment receiving replies
@happydappy Welcome to May Connect where patients and caregivers meet to support one another. If I had a growing nodule, I would be worried too - but you say you have been treated for sarcoidosis, which often has lung involvement, so perhaps that was factored into their decision when making your appointment.
So, to your question, if they have seen your radiology report and your medical history, there might not be any way to move the appointment up. On the other hand, if you are going in as a new patient and they do not have this info, it would be worth a call to see if they will review it and possibly get you in sooner.
Waiting is so hard - do you have something to distract you while you wait, to make the time pass more quickly?
Sue
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Thanks for the reply. I have not been treated or DXd with sarcoidosis. I took rituxan for rheumatoid arthritis. But RA can also have lung involvement. They have my records and images in the chart but I only spoke with a scheduler in the Pulmonology Dept who had a referral from my primary care doc. The scheduler is not qualified to triage cases and they just look for next available. Seems like if the nodules are growing, it's an infection, or a malignancy, I shouldn't wait 2 months to get in. I might give them a call but not sure who to talk to.
I have plenty of distractions with work and other things.