What’s my chance of lung cancer?

Posted by windywinland79 @windywinland79, May 25 11:03pm

Hello! I’m a 46F recently on 4/23/2026 I went to my regular dr. I’m losing weight pretty fast (about 65 pounds in like 4 months) and so I wanted to see about getting some ensure prescribed to me to help me gain weight. Well, I have been a smoker since I was 12 years old, so my doctor wanted me to start by doing a just normal regular x-ray of my lungs because they have never been checked well once they did the x-ray they found a nodule on my left upper lobe and I was then scheduled the very next day to get a CT scan. Well, it confirmed I guess the size of it. This demonstrated a 1.3 x 2 x 1.4 cm spiculated nodule in the left upper lobe. I then had to do a PET scan on the 20th of this month and that area lit up pretty bright so tomorrow morning well I guess today Tuesday, May 26. I have to have a biopsy done. My question is has anybody ever had this happen and how likely is it that it very well is cancer they said the area is not smooth. It is spiky but it is situated in one area. Ohh they also said I have SEVERE emphysema

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Hi @windywinland79, These pathology reports can be difficult to interpret, so that's best left to the doctors. I'm sorry to hear that the biopsy showed cancer. But now the doctors can move forward with treatment, and from what you've said, they are hopeful that the surgery will be successful. Try to focus on that piece of good news. I'm sure you'll find out more next week at the appointment. Please let us know how the appointment goes.

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@lls8000 the appointment went ok! I go tomorrow to a meet with the surgeon so I should know when I’m going to have surgery and how much of my lung they will need to take out!

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