I posted earlier about "abnormal" chest x-rays. I have spent the entire day since crying my eyes out. I have read and re-read the posts in here for lung cancer, and not one post mentions anything about hilur vascularities? (sp?) or anything like that. As I posted earlier, my doc wants it repeated in 1 month. She said she doesn't know if its lung cancer, and I can make an appointment with the lung specialist if I wanted too. *Of course I did*!. There was no mention of lumps, bumbs, tumors, cysts, nodules, masses, nothing like that!. And.. If it was so bad, why didn't she contact me last week when I had the xray done?!! Apparently, it's in the upper left side by the clavical area where something doesn't look just quite "right". I had a chest xray in 2003 and my then Dr. said something about scarring. I will never touch anther cigarette again, even if this turns into nothing. She scared me. She scared the hell out of me. I also have panic/anxiety disorder. I can't function. I have had a chest cold for 3 days now. Just popped on me Friday, after taking care of my daughter, who had one. That is the only reason I went to see my Dr. today, otherwise, when would I have found out anything?! If there is anyone who is familiar with radiological terms for lungs, and things of that sort. I am a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown. I can't take this not knowing. My shoulders are hurting to bad, from coughing, and now crying. Please?? Anybody??
Crying All Day Here.. Somebody Pls Answer Me... 
My mother, uncle and a really good friend of mine went through similar worries only to find that everything was okay. A chest xray often shows things that are not necessarily indications of lung cancer but sometimes benign lesions, infiltrates, and scarring from past infections. Have you ever had pneumonia??? My mother did and her chest xray showed old scarring from that. My friend showed some nodules from a past infection as well. And the same with my uncle. 
. I really appreciate that. It's very hard to sit here by yourself, with no answers. Thinking the worst, and not knowing. I don't know If I can go the next 2 weeks waiting for a specialist. I think I'll have a nervious breakdown first.
I called the lung doctor, just in case they had a cancellation. There wasn't any. But, I was able to move my appointment up from Feb 10th to Feb 1st. Better than nothing. I cried for hours again last night, and again this morning. I am going to make myself sick, even if I am not sick!. I just cannot stop!. I have read everything I could get my hands on. Nothing, my bone scan in Oct came back negative. Doesn't that mean anything? I had a spinal fusion in SEpt. 2002. Many CT scans and xrays since then. You think they'd have seen something by now, if it were there. I'm not losing weight, I am not horse, I'm not short of breath (other than my norm for being a smoker). Nothing unusual or different at all. I haven't had a cigarette in almost 24 hours now. Don't ever want to see another one again. I hope my husband can do w/out as well. He is trying. I dunno........I just can't get over this despondant feeling..............It sucks............ 
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