Hi I’m new here… just diagnosed and waiting for surgery for new primary in right upper lobe.
This follows a colon resection this time last year which didn’t go to plan and resulted in second emergency surgery and colostomy.
I had just been put on the waiting list for a reversal when they found the lung nodule so obviously that’s on hold now
I was initially told I’d need a lobectomy and had sort of got my head round that. I’m a fit 60 year old - go to conditioning and weight training 5 days a week and walk 2-3 miles about 4 days.
I saw the surgeon this week and he talked about a resection as an alternate but I’m terrified that if they don’t take the whole lobe they might miss some and I’ll end up needing further surgery which will delay my stoma reversal
it sounds like the rationale for the wedge section is that my lung function will be less compromised.
Can anyone tell me what lung function recovery is like and whether there is much difference between the lobectomy and section.
There seems to be a degree of patient choice and I just don’t know what to do
thanks for any advice anyone can give x
