nodule in lung

[Daewood1949]

Hi, hope you are all having a good day. I have been told there is a large nodule in my right lung. I saw the thoracic surgeon a month ago and he said the PET scan did not "light up" so the nodule is not growing.

I am to have another PET scan in December. I was a smoker but quit 15 years ago. Also, I had breast cancer 25 years ago and had "too much " radiation.

Do any of you have nodules in your lungs? Is it wise not to operate to remove it-I'm 75 and not wild about major surgery i.e. infection picked up at hospital , slow healing.

thanks for listening

[Yoga2011]

Hi Daewood. I’m like you. Have a couple of lung nodules, had breast cancer with radiotherapy in 2012, stopped smoking in April 2023, diagnosed with emphysema this year and I’m 70. I’m seeing the hospital Thursday for results of a ct scan in April re my nodules and my lung function tests. I don’t think they normally remove nodules unless they grow and are suspicious. Sounds like yours is stable which is good. Try not to worry too much. Could you contact your hospital consultant and ask if they are considering removing it and tell them if your concerns? Take care x

[Daewood1949 in reply to Yoga2011]

Hi Yoga2011, In Canada, our health care system is different than yours, I think.. The thoracic surgeon did say if I am really worried he can remove them and biopsy them right now but that they did not Light up so were not growing. What did your surgeon say to you?