Lung Biopsy tomorrow, TERRIFIED!

Hopeful82014

Tuckersmimi - SO happy to hear it's "only" a lung infection/inflammation! What a relief. I do hope you get it under control ASAP but in the meantime, I'm sure you'll enjoy your weekend a lot more for this good news. Take care of yourself.

Sunshine, my first CT after diagnosis showed two lung nodules and a couple spots on my liver. Since it had already metastasized to my nodes, that was pretty scary news, of course. My BS told me, however, that such things are very, very common - imaging these days picks up all sorts of oddities that we didn't know we'd been carrying around with us for years.

Subsequent CTs have shown no change in any of the nodules, including no shrinkage after neoadjuvant treatment, so we're going with the theory that they're just artifacts of an earlier infection or the like.

I know you're concerned now, understandably, but the chances are extremely high that you have nothing to worry about, other than the expense involved in subsequent CTs Please come back and let us know how it works out, o.k.? And please don't let it ruin your weekend. You probably have enough on your mind already, right?

LoveMyFamily

yeehaw! so happy for you! what a relief!

Sunshine0804

Tuckers thank you so much for your kind words and prayers! I am so happy to hear your test came back b9!! I will let you know how it goes once I see the oncologist on Tuesday.

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Sunshine0804

Hopeful8201 thank you so much for reeling me in. You actually made my head stop racing and allowed me to breathe. Hugs and happiness to you! I hope everyone has a wonderful stress and worry free weekend!

Nancy2581

great news tuckersmimi! What a relief

Hopeful82014

Sunshine, I'm glad to have been able to help a bit. Thank you for your note.

Sunshine0804

Good news! The CT scan showed it was just a shadow from a rib. No nodule, whew! I guess it goes to show how unnessessary worrying can be.

Hopeful82014

Hey - that's wonderful news!!! Thanks for sharing it. Take some deep breaths and inhale enough relaxation to make up for all that worrying.

Meow13

Sunshine, you'll need time to recover from worrying. Glad you got such good news.

Sunshine0804

Thank you ladies for all of your support. This group is amazing! I hope everyone has a wonderful day. Love and light to you all!

tuckersmimi

Sunshine I am so very happy for your great news...Wow what a relief that I know you feel.

I`m back to add more to my story. It seems that I might have celebrated to soon for the negative biopsy report. It
seems after seeing both the Pulmonary doctor and my Primary Care doctor yesterday they are both still concerned as to why the "benign"( I`m praying that it IS benign now) nodule doubled in size. The Pulmonary dr. is concerned enough that he is presenting my case to a tumor board for them to decide what their take is on it.
In the meantime I am taking 10 days of antibiotics in hopes it will stop the growth, reduce it in size, or make it go away completely.
The last is what I would hope and pray for but I took antibiotics back in December and that did not help.So not putting to much hope into them.
Now I`m back in my dark place of depression, stress and worry again.I just want a positive answer as time is passing and if it is mets then I NEED to get started fighting to get rid of the cancer.
I never thought that a biopsy would not tell the truth. Goes to show what I know.. I`m just scared again..
I need you ladies (or men) to come back here with another cyber hug or some words of encouragement. Thanks to you all for helping me wait out the biopsy and please continue to pray for me that I am able to get a positive answer soon.
This waiting and not knowing is really taking me into a dark hole and driving me nuts. I know that you all understand.

farmerlucy

TM - Heavens! This back and forth is terrible for you. Sending you that hug cyber hug of support. Try to shove those "what ifs" to the back of the line. I tell myself that"worry is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do but you don't get anywhere." Hope you get some clear answers soon!

Hopeful82014

TM - Oh, I'm so very sorry to hear you're back on the roller coaster - especially after being given the all clear. I know you must be worn to a thread with all this.

I know it doesn't really help much but is it possible for you to give yourself some treats during this time? Maybe a massage or a spa pedicure, permission to go to bed early and sleep late? All of this is really taking a toll on you (as you know) and regardless of the results of your anti-biotics, etc., you're going to need to build up your reserves. If nothing else, please come here for support and comfort as often as needed. (((Tuckersmimi)))

tuckersmimi

Thanks ladies for the kind words and the cyber hug.
Hopeful you read my mind, as I already have a Spa day booked for next week.

I have a pedi every other week already.
I`ve been doing that for a long time... I love having my toes pretty. lol
I had a call from the Pulmonary doctor`s nurse awhile ago and she said he doesn`t want to see me again until the 16th. of September. So knowing my case and having seen all the scans and biopsy results now, if he thinks I can wait for over a month for me to seen again, then he must not think it`s to urgent. I am going to just take my happy pills and try and stress less.
With the help of you sweet, helpful and kind people here, I will be okay.
I am telling myself that when he meets with the tumor board if they decide that I need to be seen sooner then the nurse will notify me of it.
Hopefully the antibiotics will work and I will be home free. Since I am a believer, I am putting it in the hands of the Lord because whatever the out come, that is where it is in the end.
Again thank you for being so kind. This place has helped me so very much in the last week or so.

shoppygirl

TM

I am so sorry. It's insane that they won't take the biopsy as the final result. Anyway, I am sending you a big cyber hug and healing thoughts.

Hugs😘🙏

Sunshine0804

Oh TM my heart is breaking for you. The stress and worry can be so debilitating. I hope your "happy pills" offer you a little relief. I am sending all of my positive vibes your way as well as calm healing energy. My prayers will be with you! Hugs to you

Jo6202

Tuckersmimi, so happy for you.

Sunshine, I've been in your shoes. Hang in there. Mine came back benign but it was caused by Valley Fever, a fungal infection found in the desert southwest. Waiting is the worst! Hugs and prayers.

J

gracie22

That completely sucks, Tuckersmimi. BUT, from what I have read, a 2 cm mass is big enough for them to get a good sample (with smaller masses, it is really a crapshoot getting enough tissue, and equivocating on the outcome is more understandable.) I admit to being a science idiot, but I glean what I can from pub med articles and whatever other stuff we can get from the internet, and my guess is that though the tissue was nonmalignant, they don't know why it grew in size. And size is a big deal with lung nodules, hence the hesitation in giving you the all-clear. Here's hoping that the meds/coughing/other issues grew that thing, and that your doctors' concern is simply about that. They must err on the side of caution when the unexplained comes up. But it really sounds as if the months of coughing caused the nodule growth. With your (our) history, cancer will always be the go-to explanation for it, and docs do not want to chance missing a recurrence. Good luck, I am sorry you are going through this!

TarheelMichelle

TM, I'll keep you in my thoughts and prayers. I'm thankful and I'm sure you are too that your doctors are persistent.

Before I was diagnosed with Stage IV, by a CT scan, I had a normal mammogram, sonogram and X-Ray. Each time I'd go to the doctor for test results, with nothing found, I became more and more frustrated. "What is it, then? They haven't found breast cancer."

My doctor corrected me. "They haven't found breast cancer YET."

Her words comforted me. If there was cancer in my body, they were going to find it. And they did. And I'm still here, enjoying life.

I hope the weeks ahead are filled with lots of joy, to take your mind off what could be, so you can relish what is.

tuckersmimi

Thank you all for the reassuring and kind words. They all help so much to keep me calm through this crazy time.
This is where I come first thing when I turn the computer on each morning. I say to myself that I`m sure some of my new friends have some words of reassurance for me.:)
Gracie22 your message to me is just what I keep telling myself over and over and is what is helping me to keep my sanity now.
Michelle, you are so right, even though this is a crazy time for me, I AM glad the doctors are "digging" deeper. Better now than to let it go until it`s to late.

Jo, I am praying that in the end of all this I will be given a diagnosis of what is going on with my lung other than the "c" word.

gracie22

Tuckersmimi, girl, what's up?! hoping hard for you....not a religious person normally but reaching out to the reliable St. Jude and wanting the all clear!

Jo6202

Tuckersmimi, I have been thinking about you too. J

tuckersmimi

Thank you both for thinking of me. I`m still in waiting mode to see the pulmonary doctor on September 16th.
It`s a long miserable and stressful wait and I spend way to much time reading and Googling, so I try my best to stay away from those things.
Some days it seems very unfair that I get an all clear from the biopsy and then the dr. says, "Not so fast, I`m not sure" but I`m trying really, really hard to think positive....It`s not easy though.

Hopeful82014

TMimi -- thinking of you, too, and sending supportive thoughts. Hang in there...

Jo6202

Tuckersmimi, I just hate the waiting game because my mind goes to the worst case scenario and then it is never as bad as I imagined. Best of luck with your doctor appointment. Hope you can find things to keep you busy so you don't have too much time to worry. Hugs.

J

Nancy2581

that's an awfully long time to have to wait. I'm sorry. Try to keep busy. Come here but try not to google. Good thoughts for yo

tuckersmimi

I just keep telling myself that the wait will be worth it in the end, that the antibiotics are working, and that the biopsy was correct all along.

Honestly I do think I am breathing better now and today completes the 10 days of antibiotics.
Please continue to remember me in prayer. Thanks.

Hopeful82014

Will certainly do so, TM.

gracie22

Tuckersmimi, how's it going? what happened with the pulmonologist? Thinking about you and hoping for the best.

qc80

Tuckermimi ???? What was the outcome with your lung biopsy I dont see any follow up posts, I am so eager to know, since my sister is going thru a similar case and is stuck in the wait phase but she is a ball of nerves, all of the family is praying for her but I am really scare and fear for the worst.