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You've got my prayers too!! I know it's easier said than done, but don't worry till you have to!! I hope you get better soon!!!

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(((Hugs))) So sorry to hear your going through all this. Thoughts and prayers are with you and your hubby.

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Let me say first of all all of your thoughts and all of the hugs have helped. Yesterday was very tough. I got a call at 4:30 from the Plumonary Specialist I have a appointment today at 3:15. I was so glad they called I don't know how I could sit and wait another day. I am not sure what the appointment is for. If it is for the biopsy or just to meet with Dr. I am going to give them a call later this morning. The girl I spoke to yesterday wasn't sure.

Thanks again everyone, (((((((Kathy))))))))

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HI, I am so sorry to hear of all of this happening to you. I too had a similar experience in 2004. I was 26 and they found a large mass with blood flow through it on my cervix. I had to wait 2 weeks to find out if it was cancer or not. They sent me down to the Vanderbilt Cancer center to meet with a specialist. Walking through the doors was the scariest thing I had ever done. I cried just thinking about it. I had an 8 month old daughter and all I could think about was her. BUT.....I had good news delivered to me from the specialist...she was 99% sure that it was not cancer after looking at my biopsy. So they treated me for endometriosis and It started to shrink. The reason I told you this is because it can come back to be good news, just because they suspect it doesn't mean 100% that you have cancer. I will pray for you and your husband and may God give you the strength you need. Let us all know how things go!

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Kathy, the wait after that test must be horrible. Please keep us updated. I can't believe you have been suffering with these illnesses like this.

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Hey girlie, I just got back from a lung CAT scan myself. Has anyone mentioned possible Sarcoidosis? I'm not a doctor, but I had such bad bouts of Sarcoid I thought I was dying. They've been doing annual x-rays to compare the nodules on my lungs (that's what showed up on films, suspicious spots) to see if it gets worse. But the last 2 surgeries I woke up practically strangling the person standing over me because I couldn't breathe. It was awful. After band removal, they did another chest x-ray. But this time they freaked me out by mentioning "possible cancer" and wanting me to do a lung CT scan ASAP. I had the scan this morning. Same fears you have but I can't dwell on them, so I rode my Harley to work and wore jeans with lots of pink even though it's not Friday. Live life now is what I say. Neither one of us have cancer. Nope.

Please keep your hopes high and stress low. Go get a pedicure, spoil yourself. Hell, do like me and get a new Harley while the gettin's good!

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