scared-lung nodule - Cancer: Lung Message Board

browneyedgirl62002 · 05-25-2003, 03:15 PM

i had a chest xray last week and the doc said it was fine. had another one the next day at a different place and they called me a week later saying they found a 4 by 8mm nodule. was is that? my doc said it's nothing. he told me not to worry it wasn't cancer. but still wants me to go to a chest ctscan.
can they see if it's something serious. and how can he be so sure it' s nothing. i am so worried.
on top of this i have a couple of swollen lymphnodes on my neck by my ear. ask a lot of docs about them and they all said there not even big enough to worry about them. don't get it. could one have to do with the other? i am 30 years old and smoke for about 8 years.
i just got a bad feeling about this.

ann203 · 05-26-2003, 04:46 AM

Browneyedgirl, please don't worry. The same thing happened to me in February. I went for an x-ray and my Dr phoned me at home when the results came through. He asked me to go and see him as soon as possible. I was worried sick when he said there were nodules in my lungs. He said I had to wait 4 weeks from the first x-ray, then go for another one. I did this, but the second results were completely different. The nodules were just scar tissue left from when I had chickenpox pneumonia in 1986. I spent the whole 4 weeks convincing myself I had lung cancer, I had never been so scared in all my life. I was so relieved when I was told I had COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder) and not lung cancer. The nodule can be alot of other things, NOT just cancer, so please try not to worry until you have had your new tests done. Easier said than done, I know. Are you prone to chest infections? If so, this could be the reason for the nodule, so try not to worry. Good luck and please keep us posted on your progress. Take care, Ann.

browneyedgirl62002 · 05-26-2003, 10:52 AM

hi anne,
thanks for the reply. i am going to have my ct scan done tomorrow. i am still scared. even though i went to see another doc today he looked at the x ray pics and said there is nothing. i am comfused. just know i don't want to have cancer. i hope it's not gonna take them too long after tomorrow to give me the results.
i'll let you know as soon as i can.
i am glad yours turned out not to be cancer. don't know if i have a lot of infections. i know i got one right now. a bad one. i guess bronchitis. just kicked in yesterday. maybe that has something to do with this.

ann203 · 05-26-2003, 12:09 PM

Hello again, sorry to hear you have bronchitis, but did you know that bronchitis can leave nodules in your lungs......scar tissue. This is very likely what it will turn out to be, so please try not to worry. Have you tried a google search at [url="http://www.google.com."]www.google.com.[/url] Just type in lung nodules and it will give you the addresses of some excellent websites that will give you plenty of information, and hopefully, this will put your mind at rest. Keep us informed, in the meantime I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. Take care now, Ann.

browneyedgirl62002 · 05-27-2003, 09:52 AM

hi anne,
got my ct scan done, didn't get the results from the doc yet. the nurse said something about calcified granuloma. no clue what it is. do you? something bad?
i am loosing it. i let you know if i find out more.