[BonnieR]

Bonnie here! The one with the cautionary tale! You are so right to remember my story and consider what happened. I had a chronic cough and scans were ordered which lit up. I got referred to the oncology lung surgeon because it was in an area that could only be reached by a surgical biopsy. He could not just do a needle biopsy. When he operated, the frozen section came back positive for lung cancer so her removed the lobe on the spot. Two days later I was told the lab made a mistake and it was benign!!! It was just old scar tissue from previous lung infections. Which we all probably have
My mistake was allowing myself to be rushed. I had a pending appointment with a pulmonary specialist. I mentioned that to the surgeon who said" he will only send you back to me anyway". Later the pulmonary guy said that was not true. He first would have done conservative things like a course of antibiotics to see if there was improvement
So you can see how this happened Once you've had cancer, they look for more. But a lot of things can cause us to light up on scans And then the situation snowballed
It was a big rush and I felt uneasy about it. I felt bullied But at the same time, it seemed logical enough. Cancerland has slippery slopes
Keep the faith