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kell911    62

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No chest x-ray required for me.

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Berry78    4,261

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How big was the nodule?

My husband has a small nodule that is no big deal. They are very common.

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Berry78    4,261

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CM or MM? There is a big difference. 5mm is 99% of the time nothing. 5cm is a bit concerning. Either way, prepare yourself for more tests. Docs like to follow them to see if they grow.

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Sugarnspice    150

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CM or MM? There is a big difference. 5mm is 99% of the time nothing. 5cm is a bit concerning. Either way, prepare yourself for more tests. Docs like to follow them to see if they grow.

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Whoa sorry said it all wrong between 3-4 mm but it was 2.

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Berry78    4,261

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Oh ok. No biggie at all. Same as my husband's.

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Berry78    4,261

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He had a ct scan looking for a hernia and it caught a picture of the lung. They followed it for a couple years. It "grew" to 4mm, then stopped. Reality is 2mm or 4mm might be the same size, depending on who is doing the measuring.

There is no test that can tell what a pulmonary nodule IS until it gets to be about 1cm (10mm) in size. Even cancer doesn't grow THAT fast, so a 2mm nodule that is cancer takes a couple years to get to 1cm.

BUT, like I said, more than 99% of these tiny nodules are NOT cancer. Something like 20% of the population have them.

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He had a ct scan looking for a hernia and it caught a picture of the lung. They followed it for a couple years. It "grew" to 4mm, then stopped. Reality is 2mm or 4mm might be the same size, depending on who is doing the measuring.

There is no test that can tell what a pulmonary nodule IS until it gets to be about 1cm (10mm) in size. Even cancer doesn't grow THAT fast, so a 2mm nodule that is cancer takes a couple years to get to 1cm.

BUT, like I said, more than 99% of these tiny nodules are NOT cancer. Something like 20% of the population have them.

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Wow thank you ! I had no idea it took years. I will keep an eye on it now & my doctor will too. Thank you for the information

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Berry78    4,261

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No problem! I wish someone had laid it out like that for me. Scared the dickens outa us (for a long time!). We were like, 6 months! Seemed really long until I learned more about it.

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Sugarnspice    150

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No problem! I wish someone had laid it out like that for me. Scared the dickens outa us (for a long time!). We were like, 6 months! Seemed really long until I learned more about it.

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Yes it scared me too !! I've read online & heard from my cousin an RN it's normal but no one laid it out like that. I was freaking out thinking maybe I need to have a cat-scan like next month. Thanks so much at least now I can focus on my surgery once I'm post op will f/u with my primary to continue keeping an eye on my chest.

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Berry78    4,261

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Yep! Sounds like a plan :)

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