tracyinva

Thanks so much everyone. It makes me almost cry reading how supportive everyone is on here. My mom was going to fight with everything she had if she was diagnosed for the worst and I would have never given up hope on her. I will be thinking of everyone on this board that needs a little more hope and those that need it are happy and healthy for a long time to come. I learned to take one day at a time after this and I think my mom has also.

Hi everyone, I thought I would give you an update on my moms situation. She went in yesterday for the doc to read her 2nd CT scan results after the bout of penumonia. The dr advised her that they thought what they are seeing on the CT scan was the result of left over pneumonia. I really dont' understand how they can do 3 ct scans now and a bronchospy and tell her probably just left over pneumonia. I could tell she was happy they didn't think right now it was anything malignant. She goes back for a recheck in 2 months. I think she thought the worst when she went in. So after all the tests in the past month there was somewhat good news in the end. Thanks to everyone that gave me advice. I have read countless postings trying to understand more about lung cancer. Another good thing out of it, is that my mom has not had the urge to smoke a cigarrete and hasn't since she has this scare. In some ways, good things do come out of it. She looks a lot more healthier I think. I will be thinking of you all. Tracy

Thanks so much for the support. The waiting is the hardest thing. They orginally told her she had lung cancer when she wet in for pneumonia. They even got to the point when she was being treated if she had a living will. Well that scared her, me and the rest of my family. They did a bronchsopsy at that point. They released her and told her to come back in 3 weeks for a recheck after the antibiotics and anti infection medicine had gone. What would be the difference between the ct scan and the ct scan now? My mom acted like today they didnt know if she had a tumore even or if it was completely missed or what was going on. I'm at work today and it feels like the next few days are going to be hard They said they might have results back by the end of tommorrow at the earliest , if not on Tuesday after the holiday.

To sum my moms story up is that 3 weeks ago ..she had pneumonia..they gave her antibiotics and it did not help that much so she came back for that reason. They did a CT scan and found a tumor..they then did a bronchsopsy down her throat..found cells that were benign..she got released with antibiotics and anti infection medicine. Today is 3 weeks..she went in for a rescan.they said they don't know if she has a tumor or they even said they could have missed it? I am really confused. How reliable are bronchosopys? This has been the longes 3 weeks of my life. My mom didnt'want to wait for her orginal appt on tuesday so she had her ct scan moved up for today. You can email me directly at taanderson@hertz.com I am so worried for her.