16mm non-calcified nodule

HI

I found all of you by accident as part of succumbing to Googling lung nodules.

I came down with the cold/flu that was epidemic this year.  After 6 wks my MD decided to do a chest xray to rule out pneumonia.  I went directly from her office to the appointment.  2 hrs later my MD called and told me I had pneumonia but they'd also noticed 2 nodules and wanted me to have a CT scan after completing a 10-day round of antibiotics for pneumonia.

10 days later, I had a CT scan.  MD called that afternoon and told me that I have 2 nodules. Not calcified. One is 16mm in the upper right lobe of your lung and another smaller one in the lower right lobe.'  The radiologist and MD then recommended a PET Scan - I'm having that done in 2 days.

Ignorance is bliss.  I've made it through a couple weeks of not trying to panic, now I'm not doing so good.  I've been writing the nodules off to Valley Fever - which most people in AZ end up having at one point or another, but my MD didn't really encourage that idea.   So, I started Googling - a good thing in many ways, but now I've some statistics and I'm not feeling so secure.  

The PET Scan doesn't sound like the end-result as I thought, but more like the step before "how are we going to treat this?"  

I guess I'm looking for someone to hold my hand for a moment, pat me on the head and tell me it's going to be okay.