Nick C Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 Did anyone here have a scan of a shoulder or abdomen or elsewhere and have that lead to their diagnosis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tami Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 I did.. Well actually it was an xray of my shoulder. I really didn't have any symptoms of LC. I had hurt/pain in my shoulder and my doc recommended an xray. I was your typical mid 30's, non smoker.. good health. I don't think LC was something they would have normally ever considered. Thanks goodness a keen radiologist noticed the mass in my lung.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jang Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 They were looking for heart problems with me. I have a family history of heart disease. So they were scanning my chest, and just happened to find the mass on my left lung. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marym Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 I had pain in my shoulder they thought was a rotator cuff injury. After 2 wks of rest and 2 wks of physical therapy, at my insistence they took xrays. Mary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz13 Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 I was testing for acid reflux when they found it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don M Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 I had a scan of my abdominal area, and what appeared to be a nodule in my lower left lung was found. It was thought that it could also be an image artifact. I came back a few months later to do a chest ct, just in case, and a large mass was found in my upper left lobe. It could not be seen in the earlier scan. The lower lobe structure turned out to be a benign nodule. The large mass was stage 1b cancer. Don M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pewjumper Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 My mom had sharp chest pains and her partner convinced her to go to the ER. They did a chest x-ray and stumbled upon the mass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonni Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 I was having pins and needle sensations for about 9 months...all my so called specialists said I was fine...then after much complaining my family doctor ordered a ct/scan...and the rest is history....PamS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrea Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 My dad's story is similar to Don's. He had an abdominal CT scan before he was having a prostate procedure (not cancer related at all). It showed a mass in the lower lobe which led to a chest ct scan. The lower lobe mass was bengin, but an upper lobe mass showed up on the chest ct scan and his journey began. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowflake Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 My spouse and I had been sick for a while. I'd had a dry cough for three weeks and finally aggravated my throat enough to cough up blood. I was being x-rayed to rule out TB and was diagnosed with pneumonia, as was my husband. My follow-up x-ray showed a cloud... I had an x-ray of my chest to look at my heart eight months before and nothing showed on the x-ray. According to my oncologist, at the time it was removed, my cancer had been growing 3-5 years. Sure am glad I was so sick, though prior to the diagnosis, I was sick of being sick and feeling so drug out. Yep, certainly not what we were looking for or expecting...surreal... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiny Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 I was hospitalized with recurrent abdominal pain and the scan detected the tumor in my lung. The stomach problem turned into a non-event, but I'll always be thankful for it because I was completely asymptomatic in relation to the LC. Surgery allowed me to recently join the ranks of the 5-year survivors even though I had no follow-up chemo (the accepted protocol at the time). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cathy's daughter Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 She went to the ER doubled over in lower abdominal pain. Turned out to be nothing, but the abdominal x-ray picked up a tumor on the lower left lobe. Her surgeon called it an "incidentaloma", we call it a miracle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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