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Lung biopsy...Anyone ever had this done and wanna share your experience?
Posted on 6/13/17 at 5:40 pm
Posted on 6/13/17 at 5:40 pm
What's ups O.T. Over the past year I've had three irregular CT scans of the lungs,this after a long bout with pneumonia last year.
Multiple nodules at the base of both lungs. No other symptoms to note, so The pulmonologist mentioned biopsy using the VATS procedure.
Anyone ever had this done and wanna share your experience Id appreciate it. Thanks
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O.T doctors chime in as well please
Multiple nodules at the base of both lungs. No other symptoms to note, so The pulmonologist mentioned biopsy using the VATS procedure.
Anyone ever had this done and wanna share your experience Id appreciate it. Thanks
ETA
O.T doctors chime in as well please
This post was edited on 6/13/17 at 9:26 pm
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Posted on 6/13/17 at 5:41 pm to tankyank13
Damn man. Good luck
Posted on 6/13/17 at 5:41 pm to tankyank13
Id rather get a CT guided biopsy, less invasive but that might not be an option for you.
Could also try a PET CT, if thats negative could just follow with CT
Could also try a PET CT, if thats negative could just follow with CT
This post was edited on 6/13/17 at 5:42 pm
Posted on 6/13/17 at 5:42 pm to Cosmo
Yeah being at the base of my lungs I don't think it's a valuable options. That's just my assumption though
Posted on 6/13/17 at 5:43 pm to tankyank13
My dad had basically the same thing and fought pneumonia for about 3 months before going to the ER one day. Turned out he had Small Cell Lung Cancer. He passed 21 months later which is 18 more than they originally gave him.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 5:46 pm to stout
sorry to hear about your dad. Dr doesn't believe it to be cancer due to my age, 35, and also these nodules seem to be "migrating" come and go between scans. Some have disappeared others have not.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 5:47 pm to tankyank13
Got nothing, but I wish you the best. 
Posted on 6/13/17 at 5:48 pm to tankyank13
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Dr doesn't believe it to be cancer due to my age, 35
My dad smoked and was exposed to asbestos over the years. He was doomed.
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and also these nodules seem to be "migrating" come and go between scans. Some have disappeared others have not.
Did he have any guesses thus far?
Posted on 6/13/17 at 5:48 pm to tankyank13
Dude. Your Doctor told you that you are too young to get lung cancer? You better go get a second opinion.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 5:49 pm to tankyank13
you need a smoke baw
Posted on 6/13/17 at 5:50 pm to NikeShox
He didn't say I was too young. The likely hood is minimal along with my other test.
And he is puzzled by it, but leaning some sort of inflammatory process
And he is puzzled by it, but leaning some sort of inflammatory process
Posted on 6/13/17 at 5:52 pm to tankyank13
I had a lung biopsy.
I was a little nervous, they hit me with some feel good shite and I was out for majority of it although it doesn't take long.
They used a scope with a camera and then it has the little biopsy deal on the end that takes the sample.
They can go through your nose which I think is the easiest of your mouth... it really isn't bad... I coughed up a little blood for about a half a day but that was it.
I was a little nervous, they hit me with some feel good shite and I was out for majority of it although it doesn't take long.
They used a scope with a camera and then it has the little biopsy deal on the end that takes the sample.
They can go through your nose which I think is the easiest of your mouth... it really isn't bad... I coughed up a little blood for about a half a day but that was it.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 6:00 pm to tankyank13
There's all kinds of critters that can infect, inhabit, leech off, colonize, etc..
Yeast, worms, bacteria, viruses, molds. (You'd be shocked at what winds up in some people's lungs!!) All are possible, hence the biopsy, especially since it comes and goes, 1st here, then there. Once they know what you got going on in there they'll know how to fix it or be able to form a plan to fight it at least.
Cancer would generally start in a particular area and stay there in addition to spreading. There are exceptions of course.
Main thing for your own peace of mind of the procedure and stuff: While this is all new and unknown and thus scary. For your Dr. it's ho hum, another day another dollar, wheel 'em in and let's get it over with, 5-7 more of these on today's schedule alone.
Yeast, worms, bacteria, viruses, molds. (You'd be shocked at what winds up in some people's lungs!!) All are possible, hence the biopsy, especially since it comes and goes, 1st here, then there. Once they know what you got going on in there they'll know how to fix it or be able to form a plan to fight it at least.
Cancer would generally start in a particular area and stay there in addition to spreading. There are exceptions of course.
Main thing for your own peace of mind of the procedure and stuff: While this is all new and unknown and thus scary. For your Dr. it's ho hum, another day another dollar, wheel 'em in and let's get it over with, 5-7 more of these on today's schedule alone.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 6:08 pm to stout
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My dad had basically the same thing and fought pneumonia for about 3 months before going to the ER one day. Turned out he had Small Cell Lung Cancer. He passed 21 months later which is 18 more than they originally gave him.
Stout:
Sorry about your dad. My father also had small/oat cell lung cancer. He lasted 13 months from diagnosis to death.
Chemo went well and his PET scans were clean. Everything was looking good. Although he showed no signs of cancer, apparently this type of lung cancer frequently metastasizes to the brain. The oncologists recommended a prophylactic round of radiation therapy to his brain. So they zapped him for 28 straight days. Within two or three months it was obvious something was wrong. He ended up spending his last 3-1/2 months in a SNF, not knowing up from down.
Did your father have this type of radiation therapy? I know one other person who was in the same boat as my father and the head radiation treatment fricked him up, too.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 6:08 pm to tankyank13
No help, but wish you the best of luck.
I've been dealing with colon and liver issues for 2 years. Too many CT scans and test to count only for them to say I have an infection.
Liver biopsy on Monday.
I've been dealing with colon and liver issues for 2 years. Too many CT scans and test to count only for them to say I have an infection.
Liver biopsy on Monday.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 6:10 pm to tankyank13
Best of luck to you.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 6:11 pm to tankyank13
I think the risk of small cell lung cancer, if you aren't a smoker, is extremely low for someone your age.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 6:14 pm to Ross
I quit smoking 7 years ago. Also all my lung function test are 105% plus.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 6:19 pm to tankyank13
What made you decide to get a CT scan?
Posted on 6/13/17 at 6:19 pm to tankyank13
Good luck bro
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