SPOT ON LUNG

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  • luv4lacrosse
    luv4lacrosse Member Posts: 1,410 Member
    ratface said:

    CT vs. PET , Debbie's suggestion
    Depends on the size of the spot. Something Mike needs to find out. Also the location is important. The PET scan is not very good below 9mm. If anyone has held a 9mm bullet in their hand they can get an appreciation for the size of that. Above 9mm PET can detect. However the CT can tell you if the spot is calcified or not which is a huge deal in ruling out cancer. Calcified is good. Mike please let us know and post more particulars. hopefully you live in the Midwest?

    SPOT
    THE RADIOLOGIST CALLED THE SPOT SHAPE AS "GROUND DOWN GLASS" IN APPEARANCE.

    I DO LIVE IN THE MIDWEST (ST. LOUIS)

    MIKE
  • Noellesmom
    Noellesmom Member Posts: 1,859 Member

    UPDATE TO THIS POST
    MY CHEST CT WAS READ AS "NON CANCEROUS ACTIVITY IN THE THORAX" IT WILL BE WATCHED FOR ANY FUTURE ACTIVITY.

    THAT SURE MADE MY DAY!!

    I HAVE ENOUGH TO WORRU ABOUT.

    MIKE

    been watching for your post!
    Great news! So glad to hear it!
  • skipper85
    skipper85 Member Posts: 229

    UPDATE TO THIS POST
    MY CHEST CT WAS READ AS "NON CANCEROUS ACTIVITY IN THE THORAX" IT WILL BE WATCHED FOR ANY FUTURE ACTIVITY.

    THAT SURE MADE MY DAY!!

    I HAVE ENOUGH TO WORRU ABOUT.

    MIKE

    So Happy for You

    That's great news. Have a wonderful holiday.

    Skipper
  • luv2cut1
    luv2cut1 Member Posts: 288

    UPDATE TO THIS POST
    MY CHEST CT WAS READ AS "NON CANCEROUS ACTIVITY IN THE THORAX" IT WILL BE WATCHED FOR ANY FUTURE ACTIVITY.

    THAT SURE MADE MY DAY!!

    I HAVE ENOUGH TO WORRU ABOUT.

    MIKE

    AHHHHHHH!!!!! That is GREAT!
    I am so excited for you!!!! I was anxiously awaiting your post! Please enjoy the holidays and we still look for the NED in Feb!

    Take care.

    Myka
  • Greg53
    Greg53 Member Posts: 849
    luv2cut1 said:

    AHHHHHHH!!!!! That is GREAT!
    I am so excited for you!!!! I was anxiously awaiting your post! Please enjoy the holidays and we still look for the NED in Feb!

    Take care.

    Myka

    Whew!!
    Glad to hear the good news bud! Now have a good weekend.

    Greg
  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member

    UPDATE TO THIS POST
    MY CHEST CT WAS READ AS "NON CANCEROUS ACTIVITY IN THE THORAX" IT WILL BE WATCHED FOR ANY FUTURE ACTIVITY.

    THAT SURE MADE MY DAY!!

    I HAVE ENOUGH TO WORRU ABOUT.

    MIKE

    Good news
    Mike I am sure glad to hear that kind of good news.

    Keeping you in the pray group until next PET
  • sweetblood22
    sweetblood22 Member Posts: 3,228
    Hondo said:

    Good news
    Mike I am sure glad to hear that kind of good news.

    Keeping you in the pray group until next PET

    Mike
    Good deal. That's a relief. V
  • ratface
    ratface Member Posts: 1,337 Member

    Mike
    Good deal. That's a relief. V

    Merry Christmas Mike
    Living in the midwest has at least one advantage, who would have known. Glad to hear the good news!
  • Pam M
    Pam M Member Posts: 2,196

    UPDATE TO THIS POST
    MY CHEST CT WAS READ AS "NON CANCEROUS ACTIVITY IN THE THORAX" IT WILL BE WATCHED FOR ANY FUTURE ACTIVITY.

    THAT SURE MADE MY DAY!!

    I HAVE ENOUGH TO WORRU ABOUT.

    MIKE

    What a Relief
    Great news, Mike - thanks for letting us know about the CT update.
  • ToBeGolden
    ToBeGolden Member Posts: 695
    Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
    My wife has had a Solitary Pulmonary Nodule, which hasn't grown for over 5 years.
    I believe that a that a very large percentage of adults have spots on their lungs.
    However, each individual is unique; and it will either grow or not grow in your case.

    I must add that my father lived for five years after surgery for lung cancer, continued
    chain smoking and ultimately died from other reasons.

    I have been treated for laryngeal cancer, and worry about lung cancer for myself. But a
    diagnosis of lung cancer isn't the end, by any means.
  • luv4lacrosse
    luv4lacrosse Member Posts: 1,410 Member
    Hondo said:

    Hi Mike
    Sometimes it just seems like we can’t beat this crap, before you can get one thing out of the way here comes another. I am just getting over this pain & infection in my head and now I am having problems with my eyes going dark. I can’t wait till I get to heaven and get my new body, all I know to do sometimes is to pray and believe me my brother I will be praying for you that all it is, is just a spot.

    Hondo

    PRAYERS AND POSITIVE THOUGHTS HEADED YOUR WAY
    Hondo, you were put on this earth to perservere and overcome. You my friend are a shining example of your faith combined with good medical science.

    You have overcome your initial cancer, discovered the root cause of your ear and head pain, and the eye issue willjust be yet another little thing to look back upon when your journey to beating the beast is complete.

    BEST!!!

    Mike
  • luv4lacrosse
    luv4lacrosse Member Posts: 1,410 Member

    Believe
    Hey Mike,

    I'm going to believe and pray that it's just a spot until I hear diffently from you. Probably just a lung freckle or an interior beauty mark.

    Bob

    LUNG FRECKLE
    I love "lung freckle" and "interior beauty mark" I will have to borrow those in the future.

    As of today, all is good. My scans have checked out good with both ENT and Thoracic Surgeon today.Now the long wait for the PET on FEB. 21st.

    BEST!!


    Mike
  • luv4lacrosse
    luv4lacrosse Member Posts: 1,410 Member
    Bubbins said:

    Lung nodules
    You were very fortunate, as I have been in the past. Last year they discovered 5 nodules. Three on one lung and two on the other. I've had one ct scan since and apparantley there has been no change in them. However, now I have been diagnosed with tongue cancer. I just had another CT scan with contrast today and am waiting to see how that turns out. I'm praying it has not gone any farther. Keep thinking positive and the best to you. Bubbins

    BUBBINS
    Bubbins, I hope you hear good news from your scan. I just saw my Thoracic Surgeon today, and all is good with my Chest CT and my Neck CT. Now just the wait until February for the PET Scan.

    Take care

    Mike