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Good to hear your story Jim although wishing you didn’t need the ‘sort of’ qualification.
A friend who’s a doctor said to me once ‘you’d be very surprised if you saw just how steady the best surgeons can be, and they can keep at it for hours if need be’. If your man comes recommended by the president then we’re happy.
Good luck.Hi Jim,
Optimism, great, always good to hear! Hoping for the best possible outcome here and sending you a load of positive thoughts!
Best wishes,
Gavin
Jim,
From my experience, there is a good likelyhood that the growth is benign. During a routine CT scan several years ago there suddenly appeared “spots” in both lungs. The docs were fairly certain (80%) that these were mets and called for a biopsy. They biopsied a couple of spots in the left lung and though they didn’t have a good explanation (scar tissue?) they were in fact benign. They then wanted to biopsy spots in the right lung which I refused. Over time they gradually disappeared. Prayers coming your way for the best outcome.God Bless!
bob
My biggest concern is about the surgical risk, rather than the growth, I guess because that’s more immediate. scragots, my growth has changed very little, but the doctor’s collective concern is that it will become inoperative due to proximity to the mammary artery. If that get’s damaged, it’s big trouble time since I have 35% cardiac muscle damage and cannot tolerate very much loss of function.
You just have to go on faith that the doctors have the necessary skills to deal with this stuff. This surgery “seems” simple, but I guess it’s not really. When I see the surgeon next, I will ask him to do a diagram, since I don’t fully understand the physiology. The surgeon , Dr. Joshua Sonett, did a scar tissue clean up on Bill Clinton, following Clinton’s by-pass surgery, so he comes highly recommended.
Thanks all for your kind wishes.
Jim, I too have two nodules in my lungs that they keep a sharp eye on, but they have not changed in a couple years and they feel they are the same that Lainy spoke of. Try to relax and not worry until you know to worry. (Yes, I know how hard that is!!!)
Good luck!
SueJim….good luck on the steady hand of the physcician and for these little extra lights to prove to be “nothing”.
All my best wishes,
MarionHi Jim and first of all Congrats on being almost a 2 year SURVIVOR. I am hoping it is none of the 3 but instead a small Xmas Tree light you didn’t realize you swallowed. Just kidding! I know as we grow older, a lot of my friends and I included, have got nodules on our lungs that are just that. The doctors watch them but so far none of us have anything more than the the nodule. Hopeing the same for you. Praying for a good outcome from your sugery.
Jim: Hoping for the best outcome. My prayers are with you!
Go with god and KEEP KICKIN’ THAT cancer.
Margaret
I am optimistic too! I am rooting for #3!! My thoughts and prayers are with you through your surgery. Keep us posted. Take care.
NancyI’m going to be an optimist and post here. I had a left hepatic lobe resection @ NY Presbyterian 4/09, and still showing no new signs of CC (I think). The equivocation here is due to sharp eyed radiologists at NY Presbyterian who have commented in the SCAN reports about a slow growing small left lung feature. Visited with an oncologist and surgeon this past week and everyone is in agreement that the growth needs to be removed. It’s a small, tapered helical thing somewhat like one of those outdoor lighted Xmas trees that can be collapsed flat. So far the CA19-9’s have been good (<20).
The surgeon, pulmonologist and oncologist have not seen a feature quite like this before. The surgeon says there are three possibilities: 1) a recurrence of CC, 2) a malignant cancer, but unrelated to CC, or 3) a benign feature. We won’t know until the surgery which it is. This would be a very simple, 20 minute surgery except the mammary artery, which was used in a cardiac bypass ten years ago, is right adjacent to the funky growth. I hope the surgeon is a non-drinker with steady hands!
BTW, as a general comment, there’s a big difference in the radiology reports from the NY Presbyterian SCANs and those done locally. The ones from NY Pres comment on every unusual feature seen, while those done locally in MD are nowhere near as thorough.
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