nodule on lung

I have several lung nodules and have had them for years.  They are unchanging and b9.  Good luck 

Hi

I also had a nodule found in my lung at the ER last weekend. My PCP told me that they are very common and there is even protocol for follow up. When the are small, it is a 12 month rescan, which is hard to swallow when you have already had a Breast Cancer dx. I also found out that I have an enlarged lymph node and irregularity in my right breast (opposite side from first dx) The ER doc did not give me this news, so it came as a complete shock. Been referred to the surgeon. I sure hope they call soon!

These nodules even have a clever medical name, "ditzel". It's a bit a radiological yiddish that referes to a benign nodule. I've had one for 12 years now, and through all my scans, there it sits - unchanging.

Turns out that lungs are prone to nodules from any sort of tissue insult. Who knew lungs could be so fussy.

Jennifer

Hi everyone... glad I found this... I was told, kind of casually by my onc today, that my chest CT showed something that is probably an inlammatory nodule. He said it's very common to see that and it is probably nothing and we'll just look at it again on the next scan, in several months. I now feel like i have something else to panic over for the next 4 or 5 months! So frustrating... it is so hard for me to ever believe "it's nothing" because I have been told that before, and clearly it was something, or I wouldn't be here on this board. Wish I could just not freak out about these types of things...

But happy to read above and see that other people have had it be nothing and that it's common. What a pain though!

Hi everyone,

Been awhile since all this lung nodule business started... have been through so much since then, wow.

Anyway, my re-scan (CT) of the lung is coming up in July, finally, now that enough time has passed since chemo... and the anxiety is creeping in again. I pushed it out of my mind for awhile while I focused on treatment and just told myself the nodules (I believe there were 2) were nothing. But now that I have (stupidly) been reading people's stories where the nodules were NOT nothing, I have definitely put myself in a bit of a panic again. I hate this waiting period, I just want to know what's up... which is hopefully nothing, and then I can forget about my pesky nodules once and for all!

If anyone happens to read this and has another positive story to share of benign/random/no reason nodules, please do share and maybe it will help me get through the next few weeks while I wait for the CT. Thanks.

Hi Shoppygirl - I know, totally have enough to deal with! Even though I really pray it's nothing and it's not worth getting upset about at this point, I just wish so much that the stupid scan just showed nothing initially and this could not even be on my mind. I would be breathing so much easier right now. Although I guess there will also be something freaking me out, until I learn to trust my body a bit more again. Right now it's impossible not to jump to conclusions with anything that is the slightest bit suspicious..

I will be sure to report back after I follow up. Good luck with yours as well!

I had a 9 mm nodule found on left lung on recent CT.  PET scan done and no evidence of cancer was seen.  Mine also was a new finding.   Had a PET scan done in August of 2012 and it also was negative due to enlarged lymph nodes and inconclusive findings on biopsy.    I am not naive, but I am taking my results at face value.   CANCER has consumed enough of my life as it is.   No one knows unless you have been there,  the fear that every test, ache, pain, twitch whatever brings on.   Don't put your head in the sand but also don't put it on the chopping block either.   Be vigilant about your health and enjoy the good news.  As you can see from the posts on this website not everyone is blessed to hear "negative" results.   Best wishes and good luck on this journey we have found ourselves on.   

Hi Shoppygirl and anyone else who is reading. Funny you asked, because I just logged on now to share... I always found there were so many threads like this where someone was nervous about something, and then they never came back to say what happened. So I didn't want to do that!

I did just receive my results, and according to my doc (the actual report isn't available for me to see yet) my multiple nodules are still there, completely unchanged... which was the best case scenario, as if they were cancer, my chemo should have obliterated them (or if the chemo failed, they would have changed by now most definitely)... So they believe it's just something that might have been there since my childhood, who knows... old scar tissue from an infection or something. I am not choosing to question it, just so relieved to hear the good news. I couldn't help but anticipate the worst and I was so stressed leading up to the follow up CT scan. It felt amazing to hear it was nothing, and I feel like I can move on now and stop worrying (for a bit at least).

Hope this helps give hope to others and show that not everything has to be a cancer diagnosis!

Wow! Such great news! I love good results! I need to try to relax! Just one more treatment for me and then rads!

Thanks for the response!

Take care everyone!