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I'm about 6 days from the above mentioned surgery and getting a little wheezy. I will call surgeon's nurse but went ahead and started taking over the counter Mucinex and the basic phlemgm loosening cough medicine. Do problems like this normally hold up surgery? I sure hope not, I'm also scared to say anything hoping it doesn't get worse and clears up I have blood tests and a stress test thurs or fri. Thanks

I have a week to go, will be a long wait. SO it took 3 weeks to go back to work How long did you have to have someone around after you got home 1 day or ? Want to be able to tell my spouse what to expect. Thanks

Thanks for all of the help, advice, and encouragement. How healthy do I have to be to go thru what I am scheduled to go thru. I woke up yesterday coughing up some pretty nasty stuff and don't want a delay. I have about 10 days until surgery. If you have a little cold do they let you have the surgey or delay you? I'm hoping I'm better by then anyway but wondering. Wish I could turn the clock forward 10 days. Thanks all TGIF

Said hard to get to and pet can't tell you conclusively that it isn't malignant It is small 1.2 by 1.0 Thanks for any and all replies on what to expect

I have to have bronchoscopy,thoracoscopy, and thoracotomy. They will be removing a single nodule from my lung. If malignant they will do lobectomy while i'm out. Because of position and the irregular edges they can't do less invasive procedures. When i penned them down one radiologist says 40% chance for malignancy another that looked at it said 80%. My family practice and pulmonolgy doctors both say doesnt matter 40 or 80% if it were them or family member theyd have removed. Surgeon was harder to get answer out of but said he'd want it out. They said plan on 3 days in and it doubles if it is malignant . Praying it isn't malignant what can I expect ? He said he'll order an epidural afterwards so i have pain relief, he wants me to be able to cough so I don't get pnuemonia. He said bleeding is minimal. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks