What do y'all think?

AnneCan said:

Sheri
Hi Sheri,

3mm is very small. I would ask the doctor about it for piece of mind. He might not even think it is cancer - sometimes it is hard to know what these doctors are thinking unless we ask. Good luck!

What does the radiologist think of it?
Does the radiologist think that it is suspicious? It sounds like you read the radiologist's report. Either way I would bring it up to the Dr. I ask a lot of questions of my Dr.

Patteee said:

upper left lobe? lung or
upper left lobe? lung or liver?

I had several spots, all quite small on my lung, that they have just watched over the last several years. The radiologist has never thought they were anything hardly mentioning. Turns out the bout of pneumonia that I had years ago probably left these places. I agree that the radiologist is the one who puts the question in there or suspicions about the spots, did s/he indicate anything on the report? I think it is interesting the detail that shows up on the CT, from prior surgeries to kidney stones (that I had no clue that I even had), to the clips in place where my gallbladder used to live.

Found on CT scans
I had some calcified plaques found on my first CT scan after surgery and my doc thought that they were scars from pneumonia that I use to get when I was young. It also showed a kidney stone and I am getting sound wave lithotripsy for that soon. The thing that I am worried about is that the CT scan showed a multinodular thyroid. Saw an ENT yesterday and he said "yes, there is definitely something there". I am having a lot thyroid blood work and thyroid ultrasound next week. Had some kind of lamp treatment when I was about 15 for acne on the neck from a fur collar on my winter coat, so that is a great risk factor for thyroid ca. That was a long time ago, 50 years or so, and that is how they treated it.

I know I am jumping the gun, but the thought of having another kind of cancer, sends me into orbit. Anyone else have thyroid problems? Need some input on your experiences.

KathiM said:

It's good to have access to info,
As long as you know how to read the report. Radiologists are trained to read the reports...so, did you see the report itself?

I know it's hard, as a healthcare provider yourself, to be a patient, but I think you should....if you second guess your treating doc, then maybe you should find one that you trust more.

MY philosophy is to let the experts deal with it. My beau is a doctor, so he has access to any and all of his results. He says 'No, I'll wait to talk to my doc, he knows more than I do, having seen many more than just me!'

My 2 cents!

Hugs, Kathi

Agreed
I agree with Kathi. I'm not a radiologist or a doctor so I do now know what is normal and what isn't. I've seen my scans before and much of it looks the same to an untrained eye. There's "stuff" that is in there that is normal but looks similar to "stuff" that isn't.
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Up to 6 cents...ROFL
Graci, I am a bit concerned about what you were saying about the clot. The Coumadin is not only for that, but also to make sure other clots don't happen. My beau takes it, and although I don't like it much, I don't like the idea of a stroke even more...

There is a new drug in The Netherlands that doesn't require the same blood testing, etc...I'm not sure of it's name, but I can ask a Dutch friend of mine who is taking it if you would like. Let me know....

Hugs, Kathi