Lung cancer and liver mets? Help please.

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Citrinetiff
Citrinetiff Member Posts: 88
edited August 2018 in Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned

Hello, I am hoping someone can help me with some questions and fears that I have. I had many scans done after I was dx'd in October 2015. A CT scan of my lungs showed a lesion and they could not rule out mets. After my chemo and radiation, the lesion was still there and had grown slightly. Since then the lesion has remained the same, but I am scanned every 3-4 months to check it's progress. The latest scans have shown ground glass, and the radiologist wrote that mets is less likely, but that it is possible that I have pre-invasive or invasive adenocarcinoma. I am scheduled for a PET September 5 and depending on the results, I may need a segmental lung resection to determine if it is lung cancer, breast cancer or just a non-cancerous lesion.

Along with the lung issue, my latest CT scan shows a new lesion on my liver. I went for an US, but because it is so small and way in the back my liver, the US was inconclusive. I will go for another CT-PET or MRI in October to see if the lesion has grown.

As you can imagine, I am scared. Is it possible that I had lung cancer when I was dx'd with BC and that the chemo I did did not kill that cancer? Could it be mets and it's stayed stable since October 2016? Could it be possible to have both lung cancer and breast cancer at the same time, meaning that I (perhaps) have mets in my liver and lung cancer? I am a little overwhelmed. Can someone chime in with some knowledge of what can be going on? Any words of encouragement or support are greatly appreciated.

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  • wallycat
    wallycat Member Posts: 3,227
    edited August 2018

    My sister had an incidental finding of some lung lesions (3 of them) and they monitored them (ex-smoker) and nothing happened, so they never did a thing with them. Our bodies occasionally do not look "text book" and incidental findings force us to explore what otherwise would have gone unmentioned. Radiation could have done something to the lung (injury). THe liver lesion could be a cyst that was always there and just happened to show up that day.

    Is there a reason you are getting so many scans? xrays are cumulative and can bring ick where there was none. Certainly for necessary reasons I can see it, but otherwise, I would ask why the repeated scans.

    Hope it all turns out to be "just the way your body is" and they can stop trying to find stuff!

    Best to you.


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  • buttonsmachine
    buttonsmachine Member Posts: 930
    edited August 2018

    My left ovary lit up on a PET scan, looked all cancerous, and one unnecessary surgery later, was nothing.

    I only bring this up because imaging is far from perfect, and a segmental lung resection sounds like a lot to go through.

    But I can understand why ruling out mets might be important too. Sorry you're going through this. I wish I had more helpful information. I just wanted to say best wishes and please keep us posted. ((Hugs))

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  • Citrinetiff
    Citrinetiff Member Posts: 88
    edited August 2018

    Thank you everyone for your insight and support.

    wallycat, I'm scanned by both my oncologist and my lung specialist to check the progress of the lesion in my lung since there are changes that they want to keep a close eye on (the lesion + newish ground glass). The latest scan also picked up a new lesion on my liver. Because the latest CT couldn't rule out cancer in the lung, either lung cancer or mets, the doctor suggested a PET before we try to do a biopsy. Because of the location of the lesion, less invasive biopsies may be impossible, hence the many scans to check progress.

    I will be going for my PET Sept 5 and getting the results on Sept 6. Hopefully, everything will be nothing to worry about. I hate the stress of scans and the waiting.

    xxx

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  • KBeee
    KBeee Member Posts: 5,109
    edited August 2018

    Sorry you have to wait so long, and that you are dealing with these stressful lesions. Hoping they are both b

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