Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Nancy, this is very common. Many OC patients will have something light up especially on their first after tx scan. At only 2mm, that is about the smallest the scans will be able to pick up. My doc explained to me that its alittle smaller than a grain of rice. Ive had a tiny spot like this on my lung for the past 4 years. It has not changed at all in that time. When I first found out about the spot, my immediate thoughts were..."thats it, this is whats going to do me in". But after a very long discussion with my doc, I learned alot of info and eventually I was able to ignore the whole situation. Sometimes a spot is just that... a spot. There have been others here who have had these things pop up after tx as well and they were like mine, no changes in it for several years. I hope that will help to ease your fears.
Just remember..... its not cancer til the biopsy says it is.
Best wishes!!! ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive |