Something you never want to see on a scan of your wife's lung

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It's the ugly POS in the circle.......that's lung cancer :banghead:.

This was from a PT scan previously done. A PET scan was done since and there was some concern about spread to surrounding lymph nodes. Well today was a bronchoscopy and thankfully, even though the tumor is malignant, there was no spread. Her case has been turned over to a surgeon to evaluate the best course of action for removal. Hope to have info on that soon and the Doc thinks a full recovery is a good chance. We're using the Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of Sc. mainly because we have no insurance and her medicare doesn't kick in until Feb. 1. Some timing huh. It looks to be a top notch facility so i'm happy about that..........We were lucky to find this when we did. She had started a new part time job and was back on her feet all shift when shortly after, her feet and ankles swelled. Thought it was just getting used to it, but then a rash broke out in the same area. Off to the clinic and they did a chest x-ray to look at her heart and bingo....what's that? Then, as crazy as it sounds, her fingernails started get big and round, almost like clubbing. Turns out these symtoms are found in people with lung cancer......who knew? Thank's for letting me get this off my chest, no pun:D, it's been going on for about a month and a half and at least there's light at the end of the tunnel.......Stay as healthy as you can everyone, Rick