Following lung nodules?

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Kassy54
Kassy54 Member Posts: 60
edited January 2020 in Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned

Hi, everyone on this site is always in the back of my mind, and I hope for the best for all of us brave women. So, hello again.

After BC ten years ago and kidney cancer in 2019, I—only because as a BC survivor you know how hyper-vigilant we are—read my chest CT scan report from a scan I had locally a month ago and compared it to one from 6 months earlier from Mayo Clinic where I had my partial nephrectomy. My local GP had said it was fine but it wasn’t. One lung nodule shown in the earlier one has gone from 5 mm to 1cm and is irregularly shaped. When I asked my GP why I shouldn’t be concerned about this, he realized he had missed it and said we SHOULD be concerned. I am waiting for an outside radiologist to compare the two. He said it could be metastasis from BC or kidney cancer or something “new, possibly lung cancer.” Or some really weird TB-like infection

Any of you ladies following “suspicious” lung nodules? I am not sure which option to hope for—except maybe some rare infection that requires me to spend a month in Tahiti!


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  • AliceBastable
    AliceBastable Member Posts: 3,461
    edited January 2020

    I had two of my cancers at the same time in 2018. I've got some lung nodules that seem, so far, to be fairly stable. My last scan, in October, showed a new questionable area that the radiologist THINKS is from radiation damage, but they'll compare it on my next scan. Aren't we in a crappy club?

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  • Kassy54
    Kassy54 Member Posts: 60
    edited January 2020

    Alice, thanks for reaching out! Yeah, I have one of those too. I had no idea all the things radiation did to a person—after chemo I thought that was the easy part!

    Hoping everything stays safe and stable for you

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  • KBeee
    KBeee Member Posts: 5,109
    edited January 2020

    I would have them send it to Mayo for a second opinion and comparison to the one you had done there. Sorry you've had so much to deal with.

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  • Kassy54
    Kassy54 Member Posts: 60
    edited January 2020

    Hi, KBeee, it is good to hear from you again. I love that you are such a great advocate for everyone on here! I hope you are doing ok.

    Yeah, I am trying to get Mayo to look at it, but it’s hard to find the right person to Shephard it through their system. The kidney people with whom I have a follow up appointment are very specialized, and I was discharged from the GP there after they found the kidney cancer. But you are right, I will keep trying. Thanks for the nudge

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  • KBeee
    KBeee Member Posts: 5,109
    edited January 2020

    I was seen there ages ago and they had a good system where you could message your provider. If they still do, message one of your providers and ask. They should be able to guide you on the best way to get the second opinion done. I found (the hard way) that if your doc sends it up, it will not necessarily get matched up with your previous records (hopefully that has changed). Hoping you get answers. Waiting is excrutiating.

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