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Stella

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  1. Karen, Gail and Ellen, Thanks so much for the nice posts. I've been perusing the board and you all are such caring people. You are all going through so much strife yourselves, yet you all reach out your hand to help others. I'm sure I speak for many when I say it's admirable and much appreciated. Gail, my doctors are fairly certain the nodule is not related to my breasts. I'm sorry you have had to deal with the BC "beast" more than once. When they did my bilateral they found precancerous cells in my healthy breast, so I made the right decision removing both of them and I have no regrets. I met another lady whose mother had primary BC and primary lung cancer and she lived to the ripe old age of 90:) Ellen, my lung surgeon said his plan, after waiting on the final report on my scalp was to take a wedge of my lung where the nodule is, biopsy it and if need be take the lobe. He never even mentioned needle biopsy, not sure why not. I would feel so much better if I had my answers and my game plan. Thanks for being an ear and for listening. It definitely helps to talk about it rather than mull it over in my head. Stella
  2. Ginny,MaryAnn,DeanCarl and John, Thanks so much for your kind responses. I have had CT/Scans without contrast though due to an allergy to the contrast. Not being able to have the contrast is apparently problematic for my pulmonologist as he said a CT/Scan with contrast is a like night and day compared to one without. My lung nodule is a 1cm subpleural, noncalcified nodule. Not sure if non-calcified makes any difference? Unfortunately the location of my nodule makes bronchoscopy an impossibility. I can't ever do things the easy way. The plan is to remove the rest of my scalp lesion entirely in two weeks, including deep margins and then "wait" (always my favorite thing to do:) for the final pathology to decide what direction we need to go with my lung. My hope is that the lung and scalp are not related in any way. If metastastic squamous carcinoma from the lung to skin is rare, hopefully I'm not a rare case. I appreciate all of your help. Stella
  3. Hi everyone, I was hoping to get your advice,nothing against my doctors(they are great) but I have found that the best advice comes from other people going through what you are. Several months ago I had a bilateral mastectomy for breast cancer. My surgeon at the time couldn't guarantee that I have invasion. Fast foward to today, I have a nodule in my left lung, upper lobe, 1cm and a lesion on my scalp. First biopsy of the lesion on my scalp revealed squamous carcinoma cells. The lesion needs to be completely removed,as it has deep margins and then we are going to proceed with my lung. My lung surgeon thinks the lesion on my scalp may be related to my lung. Is that possible? I had never heard of squamous carcinoma of the lung before. When they remove the entire lesion from my scalp will they be able to determine it's origin ie; lung without going into my lung? I don't want to put the cart before the horse, but I'm rather shell shocked at the possibilities. I do have symptoms; weight loss, fatigue, have been anemic for awhile, sputum with blood (sputum is everday occurence, blood is not) wheezing, cough, pain in my chest, shortness of breath and a new symptom of pain in my left shoulder blade. Would pain in my shoulder be related in any way? Can anyone relate to what I'm going through or have any sound advice for me? Words of wisdom? I really appreciate any help you can offer. And I pray everyone can overcome their cancer. Stella
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