Help.. a Shadow On the Chest X'ray..?? Posted: 08-19-04 15:23pm
My father has copd and was has a real bad
case of bronchitis.. He went to the Dr.
And got a chest xray that the tecnician
said he saw a shadow.. What does that
mean??? He went for a ct scan today? Is
it defintitly cancer? What else could it
be? And if it is cancer, canthey operate
on a tumor in a lung with copd?
I'm dying for answers, I couldnt stand to
loose my father.
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callie8323
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Posts: 231 Location: nc
Me 2 Posted: 09-23-04 08:46am
Im in the same boat as you my mom had
broncitis and they called her back and
found something in her lungs to they are
waiting 3 weeks to see if it clears up she
has been a smoker for 30 years im so
worried that she has cancer and I to could
not loose my mother im so close to her I
guess im trying to be strong until I
forsure know something im sorrry for you
to if you ever want to talk I am here.
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lf777
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 24 Sep 2004 Posts: 35
Posted: 09-28-04 22:46pm
Hello
i would not worry too much for now.
Having a shadow means just having an area
that may be something like a pneumonia,
called an infiltrate. If the doctors say
something that looks suspicious they might
want to take a ct scan of the chest, or
they may elect to wait for an infection
like bronchitis to heal and repeat the
chest x-ray.
Regards,
lf
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shadowrose43
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Posts: 6
Posted: 11-11-04 21:58pm
Hi
anyone with a smoking history of 30 years
with an abnormal x-ray is a candidate for
a lung ct.
That being said, not all lung cancer is
terminal, and not all things found on ct
are cancer.
All you can do is wait for the results,
i'm sorry to say. But be aggressive, and
make sure they are being treated properly,
and that diagnostic testing is being done.
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daveinuk
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Posts: 2
hi all Posted: 02-14-08 19:45pm
Hi guys,
im new,
ok, My dad was diagnosed with lung cancer
back in 2002, given only 6-12 months, he
underwent 2 bouts of radio because the
cancer was too close to his heart (near
his wind pipe) that helped.
He was put forward for a trial in which
they freeze the area and cut out what they
can get too, anyway after several
operations they said they could no more,
and the magority had been removed, this
went over 2 years, my dad was looking
better ect but still was suffering from
short of breath.
An occurance last year upon a routine 6
month xray saw a new growth in a different
place but near the first, they did another
frozen episode and now he is in remision.
So we are all happy at the moment.
He is due to get a battery attached to his
heart to monitor his blood pressure as it
keeps moving around?
so all ok so far,
I hope this helps?
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