Many thanks. I consider myself to be an educated researcher. I’ve been in health care and banking risk/compliance in my career. But when a nodule we had been watching for four years jumped 4mm in size from 11mm to 15, my pulmonologist sent me to a cardio thoracic surgeon. Surgeons cut. But instead of waiting, taking an educated response, and knowing It wasn’t aggressive, I nonetheless had a “get it out right now!’ response. And I have regretted that decision from the first moment after surgery. All margins and nodes were clear. I could have logically taken a less drastic path. I do think an oncologist might have presented those other options and reined in my overreaction.
But hindsight is always brilliant. 😜