kiwiinoz wrote:I also am a stage IVa cancer patient and had VATS just over 4 years ago, and as of my last scan I was still cancer free. I went for a 25km run yesterday (15 miles or so) and only stopped as I went out early and was ravenously hungry. That is after having about 15% of my lung cut out and I still seem to be able to run at a pace that puts me in the top 10% of male runners at any age group. Not bad for a 44 year old with only 85% lung capacity.
I am very sincere when I say this. I don't know if you were a smoker or not. Lung nodes are common in smokers. A PET scan is the way I would go, and see if there is uptake .DanInMN wrote:I had my 5 year follow-up with my oncologist today. My treatment was by the book, with most everything going the way you hope. Surgery went well. Got through chemo. I have some of the usual side effects of the process. Bowel issues, occasional chemo-head.
I've also had a few nodules in my lungs there were there from the beginning. They did not react to the chemo, and were stable. Then, a year ago, the CT showed one of them grew a little (4 mm to 6 mm). We set another CT for 6 months, and found it had not grown at all. Now, 6 months later, it is 9 mm.
Because these nodules existed before the colorectal cancer was detected, and did not react to chemo, my oncologist says they are unlikely related to the colorectal cancer. She also says the odds of it being cancer are low. But I don't feel reassured, and it is so disappointing to get 5 years out and suddenly need a biopsy. I know there is nothing magical about 5 years, and there never are guarantees, but I think it would have been a relief to get the all-clear regardless.
I hate to be back to the waiting for test results stage.
justin case wrote: I am very sincere when I say this. I don't know if you were a smoker or not. Lung nodes are common in smokers. A PET scan is the way I would go, and see if there is uptake .
Michael
DanInMN wrote:Quite honestly, surgery doesn't bother me. A couple days in the hospital and a couple weeks recovery is nothing. Plus, they take good care of you at the hospital.
It is the chemo I'm not looking forward to! Still, you do what you got to do.
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