Hello everyone
We are in that terrible period that many of you will recognise between being given potentially devastating news by a Dr and having it confirmed. The whole thing came as a total shock and we'd love to hear any information that we could draw upon in the meantime.
Briefly, my wife who is only 53 and very active is slightly asthmatic (managed) but developed a shortness of breath (just for a day) so went to get it checked out. The Dr said her lungs sounded clear but did a "D Dimer" blood test in case there was a blood clot. We were contacted in the middle of the night by the 111 service to say that the test was positive so she should go to A&E to get checked out. She had an ECG and a further blood test which was still positive (not as bad though) and she was given blood thinners as a precaution and told to come back the next day for a CT scan. This was done on Saturday 21st and the Dr said that there were no clots but a very unexpected result with a 3 cm soft tissue mass at the top of her right lung along with enlarging of the lymph nodes. He said that the CT report would usually be specific if it was definitely cancer but they'd not committed to it although given the circumstances it was a strong possibility. He was also very nervous about the whole thing which scared us a bit.
She's been referred under the 2 week procedure and we really don't know what to expect next. We are hoping that it could perhaps be something else, less serious but worried that it may be lung cancer or worse, secondary to another area of her body.
We are devastated as it was the last thing we expected - she has literally no other side effects and has never been ill before. I came across the forum tonight whilst (regrettably) googling but wondered if anyone might have had any simiar experiences who might be able to tell us what to expect?
Thank you
Steven
