I'm not sure whether to be worried or not.

Hi, I'm Tracy, understand your worry , try not overthink , I know that's hard but there is soo much the docs and specialists can do now , iv had cancer removed from my right lung twice.i didn't needny therapy operations in and out after few days , think we all think cancer is a death sentence but try keep chin up , I do know there is people on the site that cancer is incurable and they're all bunch of strong characters,  and help each other, and I take my hat off to them all , x

Hi GlitterWitch what a worrying time for you. I can completely understand how you feel.obviously having a patch on the lung is not normal, but there could be lots of reasons for this, but it is wise that the doctors are keeping an eye on it. Waiting for the next X-ray though, and finding yourself in limbo waiting to find out what is going on, is nerve racking. We have all been there, waiting for results, and it is so hard to concentrate on normal life whilst we wait. 

Try to keep busy to take your mind off of things. Not easy I know. 

Hi chelle,how are you at the moment? Respect to you for the advice you give others ,you've been thro so much yourself, pretty amazing lady stay strong as you have been doing x

Hi Tracy, that is very kind of you to ask after me. I’m doing ok at the moment, in fact I seem to be complaining more about hayfever than anything else, so I can’t be doing too bad 

lots of lovely supportive posts from members, like yourself, here in the lung group, which makes this group such a warm welcoming place to be. I couldn’t do it without you all xx 

Thanks for the responses. I spoke to my GP today but he had little more that he could tell me. Just that I have to be patient until I get my x-ray but its not until 24th July.  He could offer no explanation as nothing I'm being investigated for ties together.  My anxiety is through the roof. Two things he said, the patch is so high up in my left lung that the MRI could have missed it. And in his experience, if something appears this quickly in the lung, it's likely to disappear this quickly. Not much reassurance, I can tell you.

We're limbo buddies at the moment.  I do have a history of lung cancer and had a lobectomy last year.  At my most recent surveillance scan, a 10mm nodule showed up in the other lung. 

The radiologist who read the scan, both of my cancer specialists, and my GP are all in the "might be something, might be nothing" camp.  I've just finished antibiotics and will be having a PET scan late next week.  Because an infection can light up on a PET, they wanted to allow time for any infection to resolve before doing the scan.

It sounds like your GP is taking the right approach by seeing if the patch on your lung has changed in any way at the next x-ray.  What happens with it over the next 6 weeks is what will tell them whether further investigation is warranted.

Being concerned is understandable, but try not to let your anxiety take over your life.

It’s such an anxious time for you. The waiting for tests and results is the worst time! I do believe it is better to be safe than sorry, so your GP is doing the right thing getting this checked, and fingers crossed it has gone by the next X-ray xx 

Lolie I am sorry you have this to worry about. Hope all goes well with the PET scan next week x 

Thank you Chelle.  I've booked it so that I will have access to the results before my follow up appointment.  I'd rather walk in already knowing what I'm dealing with.