Lung nodules

I would be extremely grateful if anyone could give me some advice.

My Husband is nearly 50, works as a postman so is very fit and healthy. He has never smoked and has the odd Jack Daniels.

We both had covid in January and he was off work for five weeks. On return he was getting pains in his chest mainly on the right near his nipples. This got increasingly worse and on February 19th after calling 111 went to A&E. After x-ray, bloods and blood pressure tests the Dr gave him a GTN spray,co codamol and told him to rest without telling him why. It then took a week before we finally got through to his GP who informed him he has a shadow on the lung and needed a further x-ray. This appointment came throu 6 weeks later and after that the GP said he had a lung nodule and needed a CT scan.

We received a letter from a 2ww clinic and had the scan a week later on May 13th, it was the scan with the injection of dye, we have not yet received any results.

I know it's only nine days but how long would you wait until you contact them? Also if anyone else has experienced nodules do you know what may happen next?

  • Hi Pauline,

    I had an x-ray back in early Feb (A&E after some blood coming up) and was referred for CT scan.

    I had the CT around 10th Feb.

    Called my GP (the next day actually) as I was in such a state about it all and my GP could actually see the radiologist comments on the scan. GP reassured me.

    Was then contacted on  about 27th (around 2 weeks after) to make an appointment with respiratory clinic at the hospital - came out of the blue that so freaked me out a bit.

    Upshot is, I have 2 small nodules.

    As they are not sure of cause (I was a smoker so higher risk) I am having a scan on Monday (3 months after first one) to see if any changes.

    If I recall my research, a high proportion of 50+ (regardless of smoking history) can present with nodules. Some of it is historical infection and I think if he has had covid, then that may well be contributing.

    In some cases nodules disappear, often they stay the same and (from what I've read) very very rarely they grow.

    Best advice - contact your GP.

    Good luck!

    Don