Really bad news... need some support

[Sgent]

I've been sick for the last week, went to the doctor Friday, and he ordered a chest x-ray to rule out pneumonia.

I didn't have that, but instead they found a "spot" on the lung. I'm freaking out, get a CT scan tomorrow, and hopefully it will be ok.

[Lavender Brown]

1. Sgent...

I don't know what to say but :hug: Hang in there and take care. :hug:

[XemaSab]

2. Wow, that's tough

I hope it will turn out okay. :pals:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My dear Sgent...

I've been where you are...

They found a spot on my chest xray, and they said it could be either a blood clot, or pneumonia...:scared:

Turned out it was pneumonia, and I got antibiotics, and after two weeks I was essentially cured.

Hang in there!

:hug:

[Sgent]

4. I hope that's it

I'm scared its cancer.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. I hope it's not cancer too...

But tomorrow, you will find out.

Do keep us informed, OK?

:hug:

[Liberal_in_LA]

5. Hopefully it will be nothing.

:hug:

[Blue Diadem]

7. Prayers and hugs.

Sending positive thoughts your way.

:hug:

[siligut]

8. Hang in there.

Get some rest. I hope it is nothing. But if it is something, be thankful you caught it early. Good luck with your CT scan.

[Sgent]

9. Thanks everyone

for the kind thoughts...

I'm going to take a prescribed sleeping pill now...

I know that the statistics are on my side, I'm just really nervous.

[Liberal_in_LA]

10. night.

[LynzM]

12. ((hugs)) to you

I hope you're able to get some sleep, and that they have optimistic results for you very soon. :hug:

[Connonym]

11. Hoping that it's nothing bad

:hug:

[FloridaJudy]

13. Praying it's just a mistake

Had a freak out moment myself when my son was small. They took an X-Ray in the ER where I'd taken him for some breathing problems, and told me his heart was enlarged and he could die. Turned out he'd just moved during the X-ray, and there was absolutely nothing wrong with his heart.

Hopefully that spot will just turn out to be a scar from an old infection. Those are fairly common.

:hug:

[Eurobabe]

14. Sending vibes for good news

Think positive, but it's normal to be afraid. :hug: Let us know what happens.

[enigmatic]

15. Good vibes coming your way

:hug:

[Arugula Latte]

16. Hope you get good news ... Sending positive thoughts your way.

[PBS Poll-435]

17. Probably just a clot

Easily treatable.

:hug:

[Flaxbee]

18. all good vibes going your way, Sgent --

and please let us know what happens tomorrow, OK? :hug:

It's hard not to worry, but I've been where you are - not with the lungs, but having to go back for further testing, and it all was OK. Odds are, you're fine.

[1]

19. and it could just be a "smudge" on the x-ray...

x-ray is the "kodak box camera" of medicine.

something on the lens, a fingerprint, a mishandling of the film...

relax.

get the ct scan, and then look at the results.

until then, don't worry...