lung nodule

Hi there, sorry that you are going through this shoppy girl.  I can share I also had a spot on my lung 3cm x 6cm parenchymal lesion. It was tracked for 2 years and has remained stable. Had a pet and suv was under 3. They're certain its from radiation effects or scaring from pneumonia etc. I'm hoping your issue is something as benign as well. I assume you will have a CT in september to track. Its kind of the normal process when they're not sure what it is and it is good to be cautious.

Bevin

I will say for the first year I was a bit nutty waiting between scans too, now I feel better and everything has been stable so my mind is back to being clear again. Good luck to you. Praying for a good outcome.

On May 28th my oncologist called me (out of the blue) I might add to request a CT scan.  On the CT scan they found a 9mm single node.   To make long story short Pet scan done and oncologist left message on cell phone "excellent news" don't want yout to worry about this over the weekend.  Although she did not say specifically the nodule was not cancer if this is her response to bad results then I might need to look for another doctor.   Anyway this whole experience has got me thinking.  Once diagnosed are we ever truly "survivors" .  I am 7 years out Stage 2B,+1 lymph node.  And every tests, ache, pain sends me back to the very day in 2005 when I was diagnosed.   I am hoping that the day never comes when oncologist cannot say "excellent news" but also know I am one test away, one ache, one pain.   This latest test though I think it me the hardest.  I had started to buy into the "pink ribbon" mentality that once treatment is done we are "survivors"  Our fight truly has just begun.   Our fight to survive has just begun.   I wish all of my "cancer" buddies the will to keep fighting everyday.  This is a club none of us want to belong to, but one we hope we will stay members of  until we die of old age.  God bless you all.   Stay strong.   For whatever reason this last experience has finally sunk in.   I am not a "survivor" I am one who wants to survive. 

Hi Shoppygirl



I'm in Calgary too, and I also have an indeterminate lung nodule, similar size to yours that was discovered in December before I started chemo.



Unfortunately I developed clots in my leg in March, and they did a spiral CT to see if they had spread to my lungs.



Unfortunately they had, although nobody seemed too bothered and the treatment was no different in consequence, but the GOOD news, as far as I was concerned was that the nodule was unchanged. If it had gotten smaller in response to chemo, or (worse) bigger, i.e. not responding but growing, then the likelihood would have been cancerous, but now the chances of it being benign are much higher and I no longer worry about it.



As a matter of fact, I do have lumps in my remaining breast, and am waiting for ultrasound on that to see if there are any changes since my diagnosis last October. That has given me something new to worry about!



Anyway, pleased to "meet" you, but sorry about the circumstances!!!

Well the advice was to monitor it, but I'm not certain whose responsibility that is, nor what form the monitoring will take.



However, I am on a study for Herceptin for "HER-2 low" patients. I'm in the control arm, not getting the drug, but the study will require me to be closely monitored for the duration, which I am happy about.



Are you on any clinical trials?