For what its worth I read the impression that the radiologist wrote about my CAT scan...

and he says that I have a neoplasm(tumor)in my lower left lobe in the ligula area. It is 1.4 centimeters (I figure about the size of a small marble). There seems to be no other neoplasms showing up at all and only a few calcifications that did not light up. The ligula as I read about it is a small tongue like piece of lung that juts out from the lower lobe. It also is adjacent to the heart or surrounds the heart, but it seems that it can be moved away from the heart enough to be removed without to much difficulty. If I am correct in all of this then it seems to me that if in fact it is not attached to the heart (which it says that it only borders it that it can removed and maybe by a wedge resection with hopefully a 99% complete removal and all clear margins...I am hoping for encapsulation and removal by wedge resection or VATS...I was hesitant to read the impression but by doing so I feel better about things than before. I may be fooling myself about all of this and what I read into it, but I am taking it with a grain of salt because I know how the drop kicks feel , Im not gonna set myself up for one of those again....Im just trying to get a little better or lighter mood in here and I know I sure feel better about all of it now.....Love to all, Buzz