On New Years day, I woke up with my right shoulder/upper chest hurting and figured I had just slept wrong on it. Unfortunately, its quickly progressed to the same type of burning, crushing discomfort that I had last month. There is also a new twist, a stabbing pain in my center and right chest when I inhale deeply. Strangely enough, that week the doctors office had called to tell me to come in sometime the following week to get a follow up Xray for the "pneumonia" that they said was the cause of my pain and tiredness last month. I had felt good for the second half of December, so when the pain started again, I figured the pneumonia had come back. I wish. I did the chest Xray on Monday, and Tuesday of this week (Jan. 6th) the doctor called me. She said that the consolidation in my chest was still there, and unchanged for the last month and a half. She said she didn't think I had pneumonia after all. And that she thought it was best that I see a pulmonologist right away. When I called them they said their first appointment was Feb. 19th. I called my doctor to get another referral but instead she called the pulmonologist, and just like that I have an appointment for next Tuesday, the 13th. Today I had to go to every place I have had a chext xray or CT scan done at and pick up the films so I can take them to the pulmonologist on Tuesday. Of course I read the reports, because I was so curious. Now I am really freaking out, and Tuesday feels like it might as well be years away. The last report from the radiologist said:
*Persistent focus of consolidation at the posterior aspect of the lower right lobe. This lesion's persistence makes it concerning for either an atypical infectious process or possibly a neoplastic process*
I decided to google atypical infection and neoplastic process. I am rooting and praying for the atypical infection, because from what I can find, neoplastic process is a fancy word for Cancer. I am trying hard not to get myself all worked up, at least until I see the doctor and hear what he has to say. But I am worried, scared, and oh so very nervous. I am so sick and tired of being sick...and tired :(
*Persistent focus of consolidation at the posterior aspect of the lower right lobe. This lesion's persistence makes it concerning for either an atypical infectious process or possibly a neoplastic process*
I decided to google atypical infection and neoplastic process. I am rooting and praying for the atypical infection, because from what I can find, neoplastic process is a fancy word for Cancer. I am trying hard not to get myself all worked up, at least until I see the doctor and hear what he has to say. But I am worried, scared, and oh so very nervous. I am so sick and tired of being sick...and tired :(