I had a checkup yesterday and my chest xray showed a change from 1/10 to the present there is a .8 cm nodule in my right upper lobe. Dr. Malkowicz one easy going dude said Joe I'll send you for a CT Scan and I told you before we were going to hit some bumps in the road along the way. Sure I'm thinking about this is it a solitary pulmonary nodule or something else either way it's in an early stage. He also wants to do a poke and peek here soon with my uretha because of a prior surgery and extra cutting he had to do he opted not to take my uretha out at the time because of the lenght of time of my surgery at the time. He said this was just a minor surgery for him and I may not even need it done now just being cautious. As far as the nodule I am hoping this is the reason;
***About 60% of all solitary pulmonary nodules are benign (not cancerous). Benign nodules have many causes, including old scars and infections. A solitary pulmonary nodule is usually found on a chest x-ray. If serial chest x-rays (repeated x-rays over time) show the nodule size unchanged for 2 years, it is considered benign. A chest CT scan is often performed to evaluate a solitary pulmonary nodule in detail.
Dr. Malkowicz had a nusre with him with alot of letters after her name and he was just showing her around. He told her when Joe came in here he was one sick guy and the chemo kicked in and did it's job. He also told me Joe I told you along the way we would hit some bumps and I remember him saying that. He told me after everything I had been through the chemo, the RC, the 2 UTI's, and the MRSA in my blood that I looked good and he called me a Viking which I thought was really nice. But I reminded him we are from Philly and we are Eagles not Vikings. (football-Phila Eagles-Minnesota Vikings lol)
I think sometimes I really need a reality check because sometimes I don't realize how sick of a man I really was when I first went into Penn. I just had this gut feeling I was going to hear something worst then this so all in all I will get my Scan and take it from there. This is how I keep it together at times and it is all because of Dr. Malkowicz if I sense that that real concerned in his eyes then it bothers me if he just had that easy going look in his eyes then I feel better and more positive oops lol I just let ou my secret. Take Care All, Joe