Update on Chest Pain

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

So, I thought that a lot of times they could tell by the CT scan if the nodule is benign. Does the fact that he wants to send me to a pulmonologist indicate he thinks otherwise?

No, it just means that lungs are not his specialty so he wants someone better qualified to access your lung issue.

[li10up]

I called back and spoke with my Dr.'s nurse. I asked her to read the report from the radiologist to me. I was hoping to hear "smooth, rounded edge" and "calcified" which indicates a benign lesion...instead I heard "irregular non-calcified nodule". Still this does not mean that it is not benign....but it isn't what I was hoping to hear.

The Internet is a wealth of information (maybe too much)...especially when your doc isn't very forthcoming. Perhaps he just doesn't want to worry me unnecessarily. But I like going into a consultation with at least a rudimentary understanding of what could be going on.

[aggiecorgi]

Did you find out what was up? I haven't had the stress test, but all the others. I replyed to your other thread, and have had the same symptoms (with them not really finding anything) since the end of May. My ER CT scan was also clear, but I'm still having pain.I'm thinking I may need to see a lung doctor as well.

[li10up]

I had sent a letter to the ER radiologist asking him to take another look at my CT scan there. On review he also saw the nodule...it's a good thing I had a CT scan at another hospital or I'd never know it was there! Anyhow, I saw the pulmonologist yesterday and the next step is to have a lung function test and a PET scan. Waiting on them to call me with an appt. time. All this waiting is hard.