Hi, new to this forum
Since early April I've had recurrent pneumonia/pleural effusion/rounded atelectasis that makes deep breaths painful and I get pain in my left side ribs, shoulder blade and tip with it. Some days are worse than others, at the moment my pain level is high. On Wednesday the respiratory consultant showed me my recent contrast CT images that show the lining of my left lung on one side top to bottom is thickened and ragged looking instead of smooth. She told me either I have a very long lasting post infection condition or it's cancer, and they're treating it like its cancer until they know its not. Not a very reassuring statement but at least they are being thorough.
I will have a PET CT Monday morning and an ultrasound/needle aspiration Monday afternoon. They will discuss any next steps at their MDT before they come back to me with results. I have no idea which way it will go and my head is all over the place.
