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Becky · 02-06-2012, 04:50 PM

Heart disease runs hard in my family (young) so at the constant urging of my primary care physician, I had the CT scan of the coronary arteries. The arteries were fine and clear but they saw something in the top lobe of the right lung. This radiologist said he could not determine what it was and referenced that I was a bc survivor and it should be watched (I am stage 2 as well as you).

I made them send these scans to my onc and my rad onc who said it was from an old infection. I also saw a pulmonary doctor who agreed.

So - it happens - we all have weird stuff in us that we would never know about if we didn't have cancer tests.

02-06-2012, 04:50 PM	#4
Becky Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Stockton, NJ Posts: 4,179	Re: indeterminate pulmonary nodule....help! Heart disease runs hard in my family (young) so at the constant urging of my primary care physician, I had the CT scan of the coronary arteries. The arteries were fine and clear but they saw something in the top lobe of the right lung. This radiologist said he could not determine what it was and referenced that I was a bc survivor and it should be watched (I am stage 2 as well as you). I made them send these scans to my onc and my rad onc who said it was from an old infection. I also saw a pulmonary doctor who agreed. So - it happens - we all have weird stuff in us that we would never know about if we didn't have cancer tests. __________________ Kind regards Becky Found lump via BSE Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45 1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side) 2 micromets to sentinel node Stage 2A left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg lumpectomies 9/7/04 4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol Used Leukine instead of Neulasta 35 rads on right side only 4/05 started Tamoxifen Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations Oophorectomy 8/05 Started Arimidex 9/05 Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06 Arimidex Only Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia NED 18 years! Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"