in the first week of march i was having chest pains which i associated with a cold i was getting over and then i started coughing up blood so i went to the hospital er and they did a lung x ray which showed something and they also did a ct scan which showed a large pulmonary mass on my left lung turns out a had pneumonia which they treated me for and most of the pain went away two weeks later i had a pet scan which was positive and then in may i had a bronchoscopy and turns out the tumor is laying on one of my airways almost closing it off i am waiting on the results of the biopsy in the meantime i have talked with the thorasic surgeon and she said that they will more than likely have to take out my whole lung as it is laying against my pulmonary artery as soon as i get results back from biopsy i have to have brain scan and then surgery so i guess its just a waiting game i have seen pulmonary spec. have had breathing test to see if i can function with just one lung and seen onc and thoracic surgeon they have stated that it is cancer for sure this is a 8cm size tumor which they say is big but i dont really know they are amazed that i am in such great health for a tumor of that size and it hasnt spread so i consider myself blessed cancer or not
