Joey,

As Kat has said, it does happen.

I would add that normally this sort of statement would be qualified with the words possibly or probably. In my case I was told that I had a "growth" and that we would only know the type and whether or not it was benign after the biopsy results came back.

Although it was a shock, and I obviously wanted the results to show something different, the early warning gave me time to prepare myself for bad news. 

I hope your Mum's doctors were wrong and the results show something different. The PET scan will show in detail the size and shape of whatever was discovered during the endoscopy. 

Best wishes
Dave

Hi hope you can help me I has a cough for over 5 months my doc did an examination and said I had lung cancer he advised me to tell my family and my 16 year old som doctor phoned me next week with blood test results saying there was an increase in white cells he then asked if I had told my son and I needed to have this talk with him ,told him not telling my son until I know what I'm dealing with and what can be done ,I've had xray and ct scan came back OK should I ask doctor for biopsy so I know for sure thanks 

Hi hope you can help me I has a cough for over 5 months my doc did an examination and said I had lung cancer he advised me to tell my family and my 16 year old som doctor phoned me next week with blood test results saying there was an increase in white cells he then asked if I had told my son and I needed to have this talk with him ,told him not telling my son until I know what I'm dealing with and what can be done ,I've had xray and ct scan came back OK should I ask doctor for biopsy so I know for sure thanks 

Hi Kitty,

A very warm welcome to our forum, although I'm sorry to hear why you're here. Who has instigated these tests - is it your GP or a hospital doctor? If it is just your GP, I would expect that you will be referred to a cancer Consultant for further treatment. I am not a doctor, so cannot answer your question about a biopsy. There may not be a need if they have already diagnosed lung cancer, but I would expect them to do this in order to get the grade of your cancer.

Have you asked your doctor where you go from here and what your next steps should be? Please keep in touch and let us know how you get on. We are always here for you.

Kind regards,

Jolamine xx