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VCP following surgery
July 2022, I had vats surgery upper line of left lung. Totally successful. No lymph node involvement. Very small nodule removed. My recurrent laryngeal nerve was damaged and is not going to regenerate. I have vocal cord paralysis which affects voice and breathing. Is this common? I may have thyroplasty surgery in future to…
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Chemotherapy/ Immunotherapy Question
What to expect? This will be my first day. Any pointers on getting through it? I heard it makes you sick.
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Bilobectomy "Right upper & middle lobe removal ".
Spotted nodule in my right lower lobe on my ct scan of my abdomen. Doctor's wanted to wait so I went back later seen it was bigger. Originally was supposed to get lower lobe removed " Lobectomy ". Turned into " Bilobectomy " removed top lobe as well after making a bigger cut across my back because the tumor's was a lot…
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Question on Finding
I got the below finding on a Triple Rule Out Scan yesterday. Haven't talked to my dr yet but anyone know what this means? MEDIASTINUM AND HILA: Scattered mediastinal or hilar lymph nodes which are not pathologically enlarged by size criteria.
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After Vats surgery 2/16
Stage II Adenocarcinoma. Pathology reports Separate tumor nodules (metastases) in same lobe. Metastases within the same lobe. They Want to know if I want them to do another surgery and take out entire lower lobe. .5cm margin listed in pathology report. A study I reviewed on safe margins for lung cancer. This finding…