Question on findings

Don't you just hate it when new things appear on those results? I'm not sure if it's because different doctors are looking at the photos, or your body was in a different position, or a new thing popped up. I know during my initial baseline scans they noted some small "Nodules" (I can't remember the term that was used, but basically I had something there that the doctor thought was worth mentioning). In any event, during my discussion with my surgeon, he said he wasn't concerned about it, but would watch for this in my next scan. In every scan after that, nothing has been mentioned.

I understand your concern, but my suggestion is to try your best not to think about it until you talk to your doctor. I'm betting it's nothing to worry about.

Keep us posted!

Stub

I'm not sure how you and others manage to wait days before meeting with your doctors. I'm so lucky to have scans in the morning and meet with my doctor in the afternoon on the same day. I will admit, results hit the portal before I meet with my doctor and I do take a peek:)

I'm with you....I don't think is anything to worry about.

Stub

I have nodules in my lungs. I have all kinds of oddball things inside me, but what I've found is that some radiologists mention everything they find and others stick with just certain things. My last scan mentioned a splenule, which is like a non-functioning spleen mini-me. I asked one of my doctors about it, and she said, oh, some people are born with those, they're not a problem. I'm over 70 and it's the first scan result that ever mentioned it! That doctor, my oncologist who follows me because I had breast cancer, makes sure I get chest scans along with the abdominal ones my urologist orders, so she can keep an eye on my lungs. But the nodules are stable, and she says most people accumulate lung crud and other things during their life, but they don't know about it until they start getting scans. I also have an enlarged spleen, diverticul-(whichever one isn't actively a problem), a fatty liver, enlarged lymph nodes that are fairly stable, two aneurysms, lots of crumbling bits on my spine and joints, and a huge umbilical hernia. Everything but a partridge in a pear tree! I only knew about the hernia and arthritis before I started getting regular scans almost four years ago. I look at my scan results now with curiosity to see what the reading radiologist mentions, or if it's something I hadn't heard about before. If it's something not mentioned that was on a previous report, I ask if it went away on its own, but no, it's just different radiologists.

So it's good to be aware of the nodules, but don't freak out over them unless your doctor says to.

I think you will just be fine I also get scans in morning and meet with doctor and afternoon

praying for good news

It can result in a lot of worry, yes… My husband has things “pop up” on scans which were not previously mentioned, but when old scans were checked, these thing were always there. All benign

One very good experienced radiologist once explained me when I asked about this - there is no consensus/standard among radiologists whether they should mention all clearly benign things of no clinical significance in their descriptions. That is why, when talking about benign things, they appear and disappear in radiologists texts. Some mention them, some not.

this is the situation with your nodules. As it is said “nodules are stable” it means that the scan was compared to previous one and no change was noted. No change is good. And previous radiologist most probably simply hasn’t bothered to list obviously harmless nodules in the description