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I was stage 1a lung cancer VATS surgery 9/10/08. No chemo. I know you are very similiar but you had chemo. My doctor said no. I am due for my appointment in a month 1year. I find I get very nervous before my appointments. Do you feel the same as you did before surgery? I feel good but since I had no symptoms it is hard to tell if I am back to normal and I'm not sure what is normal.

I do pray every day.

Hi catcon49,

I am new here and I was reading your post and felt the concern you are having about having a scan done and finding a possible re-occurrence. I know exactly how you are feeling. Scares the hebe-jebe's out of me too.

I am now 2 years out from my Vats wedge-resection (T1a Squamous cell lung cancer). I feel wonderful and have no long lasting pain (some discomfort every once in a while) or extended breathing problems, which sorta blows my mind since I also have mild COPD.

This past February my pet scan did show a problem of possible concern, so my oncologist
had me have another cat scan done a month later of the Thorax area that lit up on my February pet scan. I have never received a phone call to tell me if there was anything to worry about, so I have been telling myself it must have been OK.

I am about to have another cat scan done this July 6th and a bit nervous about having it done but prayer and faith keeps me strong and hopeful that I can face yet another scan and believe it will come back as NED.

Faith, prayer and a strong sense of humor are the tools we all need when dealing with any form of cancer, especially humor.

Good luck with your continued good health and I will pray that you will become a long term cancer free survivor too.