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Re: Interstitial lung disease and CEA levels
I've been wondering the exact same thing-I have lung thingies and my CEA is now 37, although I've also been having a hard time with what I believe to have been shingles fallout and an idiot (don't like to use that word, but it's a fact) doctor who punctured my lung in May.
I've wondered about lifestyle as well. The lung spots were noted after I ran 8km a few days before the scan. Now I just sit and try to adopt an anti-inflammatory diet before a scan. Do you have scans or TMs checked close to when you have been diving? I think about what happens to a water bottle when it's in a plane and wonder if the effect of your diving is showing on a scan and isn't cancer.
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