So my mom had some lung nodules on her first scan, so they did a recheck 6 months later (after 3 FOLFOX treatments). The thing is they shrunk. Now I’m freaking out, did they shrink from the chemo because they’re Mets??? Did they shrink because she was getting over an infection or for some other reason? Now my mind is going crazy. I will attach her initial first scan and her second scan so you guys can see what it says. I can’t stop freaking out now and it sucks because she just completed treatment and is getting her reversal surgery Ina few weeks. The doctors don’t seem concerned. I know that it’s probably not Mets considering every single nodule shrunk but I need some reassurance since I do have extremely bad anxiety so I could just be thinking too much but I can’t help it.
First CT scan: FINDINGS:
3 x 7 mm nodule along the right minor fissure image 48 may represent an incidental intrapulmonary lymph node. 4 mm micro nodules right upper lobe image 30 and left apex image 12. additional scattered less than 4 mm micro nodules. No suspicious lung
nodules or consolidative changes. Central airways are patent. No pleural effusions. No evidence of metastatic disease in the chest.
Most recent CT scan (6 months after initial scan, after 3 FOLFOX treatments)Lungs: Multiple bilateral nodules and micronodules are smaller and less conspicuous on this study (images 14, 33 and 49, series 3). Interval decrease in size and conspicuity of multiple bilateral nodules and micronodules. Recommend follow-up with low-dose noncontrast chest CT in 6 to 12 months.