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Post-Lobectomy Pleura build up - does it ever resolve on its own?
Lung Cancer | Last Active: Sep 29, 2023 | Replies (13)Comment receiving replies
My tumor in 2000 was 10-12 cm and involved two lobes, but the nearby nodes tested negative and no signs of any spread outside my right lung. No one ever gave me a stage since it was kind of a unique case but if you read the staging descriptions probably it was Stage 2B or 3 because of the size. Two years ago I had a new spot show up in my left lung. It was the same kind of lung cancer. Again, no nodal involvement so that was stage 1A. Now we watch a new spot on what remains of my right lung. It is about 1 cm and growing ever so slowly. I am almost 70. Hoping I can co-exist with it for the rest of my life as my lung function would decrease even more if they treat it. Lung Cancer is a sucky diagnosis. Being short of breath is constant reminder of the reality of the situation. But still I go on because there is no other option.
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I as well as many members could come up with some unprintable adjective than "sucky" I'm 85, I started nebulizing albuterol and 7% saline earlier this year, I did it in the am & pm. for 5 months and got so depressed I've had to pause. It was for mucus plugging; now I have bacteria which showed up in a sputum culture and a new doctor prescribed a new medication to nebulize and said its terrible and may require 6 months of treatments. I have a problem with spending the few years I have left sucking nasty vapors. I could just sit back and watch music videos on UTube, the oldies that bring back memories of my youth. I don't drink or use recreational drugs; the last time I was in a church I was 17 and an Alter boy, so my options are limited. At your age I was in the gym 6 days a week, got really heathy and made a lot of friends.