PET Scan Results--Not what I expected

alabama_survivor
alabama_survivor Member Posts: 85
in Breast Cancer #1

I saw the oncologist today.  The lung nodules are growing very slowly, and still to small to biopsy.  He also believes that my cough could be caused by the blood pressure medicine I've been taking for 20+ years.  He said he is comfortable with a wait and see approach to the lung nodules since they are growing to slowly to be a triple negative cancer.  I is concerned about a swollen lymph node in the center of my chest.  I will be having a bronchoscopy and biopsy sometime in the next week or two.  Once we get those results, he will decide if anything needs to be done.  Way better news than I expected.

Thanks for all the prayers.  I'm usually fairly positive, but I don't think I was this nervous when I was first diagnosed.  :-)

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  • desertgirl947
    desertgirl947 Member Posts: 653 Member
    #2
    Excellent! 

    Excellent! 

    Smile

  • New Flower
    New Flower Member Posts: 4,294
    #3
    desertgirl947 said:

    Excellent! 

    Excellent! 

    Smile

    Let's hope for the best

    Happy for your positive news. Good luck with your next test.

     Let's hope for the best.

    hugs to you

  • button2
    button2 Member Posts: 421
    #4
    Good news

    I am so glad you got this news. About the cough, my mother (not a cancer patient) developed a terrible nagging cough and we couldn't believe it when the doctor suggested cutting down her blood pressure meds. But it worked, the cough is gone. I'm glad you got to the bottom of yours. I can certainly see how it felt like it was a lung problem. I think all of us think "Cancer!" every time we have an ache or pain. I wish you the best of health going forward, Anna

  • Puffin2014
    Puffin2014 Member Posts: 531 Member
    #5
    blood pressure med cough

    Yes, some blood pressure meds are notorious for causing a cough and certainly hope that's the cause of yours too.

  • VickiSam
    VickiSam Member Posts: 9,079 Member
    #6
    Puffin2014 said:

    blood pressure med cough

    Yes, some blood pressure meds are notorious for causing a cough and certainly hope that's the cause of yours too.

    good news! hoping for improvement on

    your cough, and lung issues.

    Keeping in good thoughts, and prayres.

     

    Vicki Sam

  • 1surfermom
    1surfermom Member Posts: 396 Member
    #7
    Happy for the way better news

    I've been thinking about you and I am so happy that your news was better than expected. It is my hope that your biopsy will be unremarkable and the good news will continue. Love Surf

  • aisling8
    aisling8 Member Posts: 1,627 Member
    #8
    1surfermom said:

    Happy for the way better news

    I've been thinking about you and I am so happy that your news was better than expected. It is my hope that your biopsy will be unremarkable and the good news will continue. Love Surf

    sounds better

    than what you were prepared for!!

    Hoping for continued good news for you:)

    xoxo

    Victoria

  • Double Whammy
    Double Whammy Member Posts: 2,832 Member
    #9
    aisling8 said:

    sounds better

    than what you were prepared for!!

    Hoping for continued good news for you:)

    xoxo

    Victoria

    Good luck on your biopsy.  Of

    Good luck on your biopsy.  Of course, you're nervous.  But, we'll be here.

    Suzanne

  • GlowMore
    GlowMore Member Posts: 789 Member
    #10
    Bronchoscopy / biop ?

    I hope the bronchoscopy and biopsy go well...please let us know...  hugs,  Glo

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