roadrunner wrote:One question — and it’s just a question, I’m not sophisticated enough to know whether this line of thinking is really useful, but given the details on the timing of your scans, that seems like an awfully fast growth rate for an RC lung met, no? I think the normal “doubling rate” is median 100 days give or take, and I’ve seen it on occasion be in the 50s, but that's pretty extreme. As I understand it, the diameter increases by .26 when the volume doubles. As I said, I may be misunderstanding something there, and perhaps someone else who understand this better could chime in, but maybe ask the oncologist about that?
Vana3 wrote:So sorry to hear about your scan news. I am 12 weeks out from liver surgery and have had a scan that was clear but with areas to watch and now I had a CEA spike and am headed for an unplanned scan tomorrow to see if somethings going on.
I have read a lot of stories on hear about individuals treating one lung thingy in different ways some without chemo. Many of those stories are very hopeful. Remember to breathe
Big Hugs
stu wrote:Just a wee something to encourage you . It’s horrible to hear something may have travelled to another organ . My mum had one solitary met removed back in 2016. Doing just great . Take the time you need to get to grips with this and then you can move forward to removing it whilst it is small and manageable. It is desperately disappointing but honestly the lung met was the easiest surgery and recovery my mum had and she never looked back from it . But I get right now it’s a blow and takes time to balance out .
Wishing you strength to face this ,
Stu
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