BridgetO

Hi Lynny,  I saw another post in which you said you're seeing a pulmonologist soon. He or she should be able to look at your scan and give you a better idea of what it is likely to be. There are a lot of different reasos (and sometime it seems like there's no reason) for lung nodules. Coughing up blood is alarming in any case.  I had no symptoms. My nodule was found in a CT scan for something else. pulmonologist was able to give me a lot of information just from looking at my scan.  

If the doc sees cancer as a possiblity (and also for some other possible lung diseases), you may need a biopsy. Often nodules can be biopsied by needle or bronchoscope. Because of the location of my nodule, they weren't able to biopsy it in any way other than lobectomy. I had a PET scan and nothing lit up, apparently because the cancer  was so small and slow growing.  But based on it's appearance, all the docs recommended the lobectomy. It turned out to be adenocarcinoma state 1a. 

I saw that you had posted in several places including this one on my individual profile. This is fine. But you will get the widest circulation if you post on the Forum called "Introduce yourself" because most people read tat one. If you have trouble finding or posting there, message me back here and I'll see if I can help.

Bridget O

Oh thank you! Yes I really didn’t know where to post . I’m so glad they caught yours when it was small. But I guess the down side was they couldn’t see it. How big was yours? Is that the only one you had and were the borders clean. I know we are all different but I’m curious. 

I wish I could find my biopsy report to give you a more exact answer. I think mine was 12 mm in the largest dimension. (it was kind of oblong) It was the only one and the borders were clean. I didn't need any treatment other than the surgery. I have CTs every 6 months. I just today got the results of my 18 month one and it was clear. Yay!