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IsThisForReal
IsThisForReal Member Posts: 384
edited June 2014 in Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned

Well, I'm officially scared beyond scared. I wasn't feeling well last week and went to the Dr. with a fever. Antibiotics. Then this Wed went back and he did some more tests as well as chest xrays, and changed antibiotics. Still fevered. The Dr. called me tonight and it appears there might be a nodule on the upper left lobe of my lung, so he's sending me for an emergency CT scan tomorrow. Has anyone else dealt with this? My Dr said he's hoping it's scaring...I'm so upset.

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  • encyclias
    encyclias Member Posts: 302
    edited March 2014

    When I first started rads last June, I asked my RO what damage could I expect from the radiation.  He told me that a part of the upper lobe of my right lung (my cancer was on the right) would probably be scarred, but unless I was a marathon runner, I wouldn't notice any difference in lung performance.

    Here's hoping the same for you; that it is nothing more than some residual rad scarring and your doctor just needs to get a handle on the cause of your fever.

    Hugs  Happy

    Carol

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  • Double-Trouble
    Double-Trouble Member Posts: 16
    edited March 2014

    I emmediatly thought the same thing as encyclias.  They avoid as much extranious tissue as possible with radiation, but always they graze the top of the lung. This can show up later even on standard x-ray, and one can have no symptoms whatsoever for the rest of their life....a battle-scar.  I *think*  remeber reading that fluid can collect in that area also, rarely. And that that can be taken care of rather easily.  An infection, whether in that area or elsewhere, can be tackled once they  determine exactly what it is (and isn't!).   Consider first that scarring  is the cause, as it is likely. 

    I know you're scared, and justly so for no other greater reason than that you have had cancer.  It's our new vigilant self that at once seems a burden but actually is our greatest allie. 

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  • IsThisForReal
    IsThisForReal Member Posts: 384
    edited March 2014

    Thank you for sharing your kind words of wisdom with me.   Your words help to ease my mind, and will get me through this more calmly, for sure.  I'll keep you updated as I find out what's happening with it.  ((hugs)) and thanks again for your calming words.

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  • Morwenna
    Morwenna Member Posts: 1,063
    edited March 2014

    I have a nodule in my lung. It showed up on the scan I had before starting chemo, and was "indeterminate". I have had 2 CTs since, and the nodule is unchanged, so presumably benign, possibly scarring from some previous infection etc. I'm told this is very common, to have benign nodules of unknown origin, which would normally never be detected. 

    Let's hope this is the case for you!! xx

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