Leah B.
Humble Servant of All
A while back I asked for prayer about a 6.4-mm left upper lobe lung nodule the VA found by CT scan in January. Sixty-six days later, I had a PET scan. From there, VA wanted me to get a biopsy. I seriously questioned this because the nodule had not grown and also because I have a clinical history compatible with this nodule being a granuloma likely from reflux microaspiration of stomach acid and pepsin. I was terrified of getting a collapsed lung from the biopsy procedure. I asked in Jesus's name for a productive meeting with my outside-VA pulmonologist. Well, it turned out he agreed with me! He said the degree of avidity of the nodule is low, meaning not convincing for cancer. He is sending me to a pulmonary sub-specialist who will go over all CT scans done on me and determine if I even need a biopsy. If I do, which I doubt, it will be done by this sub-specialist using like a GPS. This nodule is the size of a grain of rice so it's still nerve-wracking to think of trying to sample it with a needle! Also of note: The appointment with the sub-specialist isn't even until the end of July. If either doctor thought there was any urgency, they would have rushed me right in there. Anyway, please continue to pray about this situation in Jesus's name. Also, I am grateful that my new dental implant is coming along splendidly! I am on day 11 post-surgery. The stitches dissolved, and the implant site is pink and healthy. A final thought: NOTHING against medical tests, but you've got to think through the consequences of a positive one. I'm 67 years old. They've been after me for years to do a bone density test. I don't do it because I'm not going to take Boniva so what's the point? In the case of what just happened here, VA is not my lung doctor. I haven't smoked in almost 19 years. From now on, my only lung doctor will be my outside-VA lung doctor.

