Hi,
My dad had pneumonia back in September and was hospitalised for nearly two weeks. It was pretty bad. Once he was released he was a lot better but we found he kept having shortness of breath. He was due an X-ray 6 weeks after the pneumonia to check it was resolved. A week after that the GP called and said part of his lung was collapsed so he had an emergency CT next day. We didn’t hear much from that other than a doctor calling to prescribe mucus thinning drugs that he could collect from the hospital.
today he had a call booking him in to the respiratory doctors for 3rd December. The man on the phone wasn’t a respiratory doc but said they’d talk to him then about possible further investigation like bronchoscopy. I thought I heard the man on the phone say that the MDT had arranged the appt in Dec. He said they thought it might be ‘residual infection’ but might need to rule out anything sinister.
He has now had two CT scans and about 10 X-rays since mid Sept. Could CT not see a mass? Is it impossible to tell if it’s infection/mucus or a tumour? I’m really not sure he even realises this could be a possibility because nobody has mentioned it to him. I think he just thinks he’s got a bit of infection left?
mot sure why I’m writing other than I’m scared and alone. Huge love to you all.
