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Lung Health | Last Active: Sep 25, 2023 | Replies (33)

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June was yesterday. Your lungs probably need more time to heal. I shared my story here a couple years ago. Summary: Horrible respiratory event during Covid lockdowns, that probably was severe Covid. Finally got to an outstanding pulmonary group in Atlanta and they were very educational. What I learned: It can take your lungs a LONG time to heal. Over 50% of the patients they see have nodules (they are very common). 95% of nodules are benign and remain stable, or go away after a respiratory event. I had a few “micro nodules” that the team was not concerned about. Also, seems like your number of Pack-Years is likely very low, lung cancer unlikely.

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Thank you for writing. As stated before I had some sort of cold (2.5 - 3 weeks ago) brown mucus and green (zero fever) with cough. Still had a cough till 6/17; however, my Cardiologist saw nothing through the stethoscope.
I also live in NJ and was also working outside one full day without a mask with the wildfires. I was 100% having an issue breathing that day while outside.

Packs meaning cuffs??? I mean a lot I guess… Only smoked when I drank but in my 20s it was a lot. Maybe a pack or a little more a week. Yes I stopped around 14 years ago. Note: I had a bad dry cough (more like throat clearing) and had to see a pulmonologist who checked it out saw everything like 11 years ago… said it was GERD - Post Nasal Drip - no issues with Lungs… it was more like throat cleaning that I eventually just stopped it. At that point I got a upper endoscopy (nada) about 7 years ago and I guess I just ended the throat clearing (became mental)