# Unidentified mass in my lung. Sick. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 24, 2004, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884 "2004-02-24T14:00:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/1 "2004-02-24T14:00:17Z")
For the last 5 months, I’ve been struggling with bronchitus (SP?). I’ve had several x-rays, to check for pneumonia. Last week, they took one. Mopnday, I talked to my doctor, & he said that there was a mass in one of my lungs. I asked what it was. He said he didn’t know. Yesterday evening, I went in for a CAT scan. With and without dyes. I still feel sick, but a little better, as I am coughing up less mucus. But this mass worries me. Results can come no earlier than this afternoon, or maybe tomorrow afternoon. I’m a non-smoker, but this guarentees nothing. My health has been getting progressively worse the last few years. Age, or _something else?_ Worry-worry-frett-frett… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![odd-socks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c67d28/32.png) [@odd-socks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/odd-socks)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/2 "2004-02-24T14:14:42Z")
Well, I’m not going to tell you not to worry because of course you are; but I will send you masses of positive vibes instead. You can’t do anything until you get the results back, and once you have those then you can see what to do next - however it turns out. It might not be BadNews. Take care, ok? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/3 "2004-02-24T15:25:26Z")
IANAMD but I am a lung-mass-sufferer. Mine is [BOOP](http://www.epler.com/whatsb.html). Ask your doctor about it. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/4 "2004-02-24T15:27:42Z")
Sending warm thoughts your way. Keep us informed. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/5 "2004-02-24T15:43:55Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > IANAMD but I am a lung-mass-sufferer. Mine is [BOOP](http://www.epler.com/whatsb.html). Ask your doctor about it. With the possible exception of mold spore exposure, I don’t seem to be a candidate. I do thank you, as I never even heard of BOOP before. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/6 "2004-02-24T15:50:18Z")
This NZer sends positive vibes and best wishes to you too, **Bosda**. As **Khadaji** said – keep us in the loop. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/7 "2004-02-24T16:03:28Z")
Try not to worry too much. Wow that’s just sounds stupid ☹ All the best. My thoughts will be with you. Peter ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/8 "2004-02-24T17:12:24Z")
All we can do is send our best wishes and remind you that even though we’ve never met we do care. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/9 "2004-02-24T17:28:10Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > For the last 5 months, I’ve been struggling with bronchitus (SP?). > I’ve had several x-rays, to check for pneumonia. > > Last week, they took one. Mopnday, I talked to my doctor, & he said that there was a mass in one of my lungs. > > I asked what it was. He said he didn’t know. > > Yesterday evening, I went in for a CAT scan. With and without dyes. > > I still feel sick, but a little better, as I am coughing up less mucus. > > But this mass worries me. > > Results can come no earlier than this afternoon, or maybe tomorrow afternoon. > > I’m a non-smoker, but this guarentees nothing. > > My health has been getting progressively worse the last few years. Age, or _something else?_ > > Worry-worry-frett-frett… ☹ Scary stuff indeed! Nonsmoker = less likely to have lung cancer, still… If you want a happy-ending story, tho: about 6 years ago a friend of mine was diagnosed with something similar. Turned out she had a cyst in her lung (prob. due to a congenital malformation). A year of constant antibiotic treatment would make it shrink but it re-enlarged every time she stopped the antibiotics, so she ultimately had it removed. She’s healthy as a horse now. ---
**Author:** ![liirogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/10 "2004-02-24T22:11:12Z")
Any news yet, **Bosda**? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/11 "2004-02-24T23:04:32Z")
> [@liirogue](#): > > Any news yet, **Bosda**? Not yet. I’m _so_ tired. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/12 "2004-02-24T23:26:50Z")
Just for the there’s always hope for good news side. My dad was diagnosed with a mass in his lung after having lung problems for several months. After much more looking and daignosing they found it was… a peanut. Apparenly it had gone down the wrong pipe and was molding and infecting and irritating the lungs. A quick extraction, a course of antibiotics and all good as new. ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/13 "2004-02-25T02:41:21Z")
Best wishes are sent your way. I hope it turns out to be nothing awful. Please do keep us informed. I won’t tell you not to worry, I’d be fretting too, if it was me. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/14 "2004-02-25T03:50:22Z")
Sending good Tennessee vibes your way, **Bosda**. Keep us posted. ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/15 "2004-02-25T05:12:23Z")
I’m also in the “It could be Good News” group. Or at least, NOT Bad News. Please try to not dwell on this (yeah, right, I hear you saying in your head), and.or worry excessively. Please do keep us informed, however it turns out. My thoughts and prayers are with you. {{{{{{Bosda}}}}}} ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/16 "2004-02-25T05:34:29Z")
Dude, hang in there. I didn’t have the comparative nightmare of living in fear, but I did learn a thing or two about being scared shitless. Try this: go buy yourself a magazine or newspaper you wouldn’t normally read, for me that would be like Cosmopolitan or the Financial Times. Concentrate. Read it. You always have time to learn, and I learned far better when I was freaking out at the hospital than anywhere else. For example, did you know that it is considered uncool to combine artistically complimentary colors when you’re wearing clothes? Fashion is a whole other thing, I’m telling you… Oh, and Cosmo is telling chicks that once they’re worked up, ice cubes are totally cool for foreplay. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/17 "2004-02-25T11:52:27Z")
I’m staying home from work today. Severe cough, chills & night sweats. I’m plunging right back into Acute Bronchitus again. Going to see the doc this morning, I hope, as a walk in. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/18 "2004-02-25T13:55:06Z")
Hoping for negative results on your tests and a clean bill of health. Hopefully, you just have a bug that can be cured with antibiotics. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/19 "2004-02-25T14:04:04Z")
When I was Psych Nursing, one of the night shift supervisors had similar problems. He was a non smoker and had a tumor in the lower lobe of his right lung. He had it lopped out and it did him no harm at all. He couldn’t percieve the difference in lung capacity and once he recovered from the surgery he went back to life as normal. Last I heard it was all in the past for him - he has forgotten all about it. ---
**Author:** ![Asylum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Asylum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asylum)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/20 "2004-02-25T14:12:56Z")
Good luck. Hopefully it’ll turn out to be something relatively minor. Either way you know we’re all praying for you (well, the board atheists are thinking kind thoughts, but you get the drift). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884.md?page=2)