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If you cancer center is small they are probably busy. Mine is small also and starting to get real busy. But the care is excellent and the doctor thinks I might beat it. I have had stage 4lung cancer since January 1st of this year. Good and bad days, but now more good days. Trust your instinct.
Sending positive vibes for April! Happy New Year!
That’s terrible, there is no reason you shundnt have a diagnosis by now. I live in the missouri ozarks. I was scanned immediately this was march 2018 and notified within a cpl days that it was cancer in right upper lobe, no treatments to start went and had tumor and upper lobe removed on may 18 2018, report was surgeon got it all no chemo needed. Well in July I received a new pet scan and it had mastastised into lower lobe and left lung and a lymph node in my neck and my left kidney so then I was classified as a stage 4 NSCLC & started on chemo infusions every 3 weeks of 4 different chemo drugs and continued this till November 2020, that’s when I got a all clear scan, the only place it lit up was my kidney but stayed no activity or changes with it since 2018. So now I get scanned every 6 months, I believe the k e I got last month maybe#19 which is a lot of scans. There’s my story gotta make it 5 yrs. Cancer free then I can ring that bell right now I’ve got 3 yrs under my belt. I wish you the best of luck. Get in touch with your dr and request a diagnoses
Wow, sorry to hear that. Mine went so fast it was overwhelming. End of Aug to my Dr. felt short of breath. within a week, had all the scans. and saw a pulmonogolis and surgeon and had surgery on Sept 15. Maybe it depends on where you live. I am in Ral. Nc area and there are hundreds of Drs. here and 4 hospt. what kind of Dr. are you seeing. Hope they will get you in fast.
I'll try😊