I had a 10 cm tumor removed from right uppper and right middle lung lobes in 2000. I opted for follow up with concurrent chemo and radiation but only because I had a tiny bad margin near the windpipe. If my margins had been good, then I would have skipped the chemo and radiation for sure. That was 25 years ago. For the first few years I had CT twice a year and PET every year but then about year 5 I reduced down to yearly CT. At 10 years or so I went to yearly chest x-ray. Then at 21 years the chest x-ray showed something fuzzy and I did a CT scan which showed 2cm recurrence. I had that spot blasted with SBRT radiation. It is now gone. I am back on CT every 6 months now. Last spring I had a new 1.5cm spot blasted with SBRT radiation and waiting to see if it completely goes away too.
Treatment for lung cancer is not to be taken lightly. Each decision to treat, especially with radiation, limits future treatment options because you can't radiate the same spot twice. I will be 71 in March. Working on year 25 of survival.
Wishing you the best of luck. <3

Thank you for sharing your story with me! And congratulations on the obvious success of treatment and on your great attitude about it all.

I had ADENOCARCINOMA of my upper right lobe. It was Stage 1, 1.2 cm at the widest point. I have the lobectomy, and 12 lymph nodes removed that had no cancer at all. No chemo, no radiation. Contrast CT scans 3 times year 1; all clear. Now it is 2 contrast CT scans every year; no evidence of disease. I am relieved with every scan, as the longer I stay cancer free, the greater my chance of cure. I am 77, go to UCLA.