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I have never known a more disjointed process in the world. Got sent for a chest x ray. Which was clear. Got sent for a chest CT heard nothing. I got a call at home at 7.00pm after six weeks at night saying they had found lesions on my lungs. Very sorry they had lost the results but it wouldn’t have made any difference. I then asked what was wrong with me and was told it was above his pay grade.

Went to see the chest expert and he told me he couldn t tell what was going on from my scan. It could be anything….

Another scan to go. Any thoughts

latchbrook over 2 years ago

Hi Roachy and a very warm welcome to the online community which I hope you'll find is both an informative and supportive place to be.

That sounds like a very distressing experience you've had so far.

The online community is divided up into different support groups so I'm going to recommend that you join the lung cancer group, not because this is what I think you have but because you'll then connect directly with others who may also have been told that lesions have been found on their lungs.

To join, just click on the link I've created and, once you've joined, you can start a new post in the same way as you did here and join in with existing conversations by clicking on 'reply'.

"Never regret a day in your life, good days give you happiness, bad days give you experience"

Lolie over 2 years ago

How very frustrating. Who referred you for the chest x-ray and the chest CT?

Normally there are two parts to imaging - the images themselves and the report from a radiologist. It sounds like what can't be found is the report. Normally this would be in the system along with the images so you could request that it be sent again.

It sounds like your images aren't especially useful, though, which is why they want another scan. It may or may not be the same type of scan you had before, but they will be looking for information to guide their next steps.

A lot of people have nodules in their lungs and a lot of those nodules are benign.

The diagnostic pathway for cancer can often be time consuming and prolonged, which means it can also take a while to eliminate it as a possibility. You should definitely ask whoever is driving the process now about the next steps and a timeline for them.