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New Here and need to learn fast
Lung Cancer | Last Active: Oct 31, 2023 | Replies (69)Comment receiving replies
Just chiming in to say I moved my PetScan up to tomorrow and found by accident another Thoracic surgeon with excellent reviews for a second opinion who I will call today.
Also, in further googling… looks like the 1.8 cm nodule is the bump I developed under my skin. I literally had to google where the region was and it is clear that this bump location and subcutaneous definition means under the skin .. I’m telling you all these words are new to me so need to decipher word by word.
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Glad you have sooner PET scan. We all know what waiting is... you will find that a PET scan gives a different perspective than a CT scan. I have multiple nodules that are cancer. In my case one CT scan said one lung was stable and the other had a growing nodule. The PET scan said the "stable " nodule was much more concerning with higher uptick than the other nodule. So I had surgery on that one immediately and later had radiation on the other. There are reasons when one treatment is better choice than another - like location, how solid etc.
I just googled and googled to understand things. Medical speech is its own language also. Using medical terms in searching can give better results also. But I feel more in control when I understand what is going on.
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@sayitisntso, I'm so glad to hear that appointments are falling into place for you. I'm over three years into this process, and I'm still looking up terms and trying to decipher reports. It isn't easy, but the more you learn the better! Best of luck with your PET scan tomorrow, try to relax. Deep breaths.