"You have a five millimeter spot on your right lung."
Not words you expect to hear, particularly if you are a life-long non-smoker. The urgent care center took a chest x-ray in order to rule out pneumonia as the cause of my hacking cough, and in the process, discovered this less-than-quarter-inch spot.
Lungs, unfortunately, do not look good wearing any size polka-dots.
That was the first week in March. Now, after almost two full months and a series of comedies of error and ineptitude (not by my doctor or his staff), it's been determined that the spot is "stable, and doesn't appear to be suspicious". It is most likely scar tissue from a previous pneumonia I didn't know I had; short of an actual biopsy, absolute certainty isn't possible.
X-rays or scans will be done at regular intervals: as long as it doesn't grow, nothing else needs to be done.
It's a relief to know that it is essentially nothing. But if it had been something, it wouldn't change the foundations of my belief in God. We live in a fallen world; bad things happen, but it doesn't mean that He is no longer in control. He works His purposes through the good and the bad.
4 comments:
Amen. So glad that everything is fine. So glad as well that we know the God who holds everything in his hands. Blessings on your day friend!
Yikes. Will keep fingers crossed, prayer on lips.
And you've kept this news to yourself (figuring you've shared with your 'in real life' friends) and not said a peek about it here.
Such will power.
Definitely will pray that your little spot stays just that, or goes away on its own. Take care, sweetie pie.
There were a few people IRL praying. I didn't really know anything, and didn't want to subject people to the chaos in my head (or my frustration over the very poor service from the MRS place).
At my next regular dr visit in August we'll figure out how often to check on it - mostly likely every six months for a while. If it continues to just sit there, the monitoring can become less frequent.
Just as well - I don't want to start glowing in the dark!
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