Wednesday, May 15th, 2019 07:10 am
Mom's CT scan of her lung -- because she had something noticed on a CT scan for some other issue back in February or January -- has come back as "compatible with primary pulmonary neoplasm" with a recommendation for a biopsy. The scan notes something that might be mucoid impaction or bronchopneumonia (follow up in three months), and structures "compatible with ... pulmonary fibrosis."

I think of her years of coughing....


I'm holding off on any cancer worries - biopsy is next. But reading about the pulmonary fibrosis and considering her history of coughing.... The average life expectancy after diagnosis of pulmonary fibrosis is four years, says the internet. I wonder about cognative decline and small mercies.

What will be will be.
Thursday, May 16th, 2019 12:48 am (UTC)
I'm sorry to hear that! Best wishes to all concerned.
Thursday, May 16th, 2019 01:31 am (UTC)
Holding you to the light.
Thursday, May 16th, 2019 03:56 am (UTC)
I am sorry. Hopefully the biopsy will go well and they'll find something they can treat.
Thursday, May 16th, 2019 12:22 pm (UTC)
I am so sorry to hear this. Hoping for best biopsy results that there can be, and strength for all of you.

My mom had a different set of end of life issues (lung cancer caught at early stage but recurred, and then a stroke at the end that was mercifully fast), but I remember her coughing and feeling unable to help. I am here for any dumping-out needs.
Thursday, May 16th, 2019 03:34 pm (UTC)
I am sorry to read this. I hope the biopsy goes well.
Thursday, May 16th, 2019 04:14 pm (UTC)
Hugs and sympathy - hoping for the best for all of you.
Thursday, May 16th, 2019 08:31 pm (UTC)
I'm so sorry! Hoping the biopsy turns out to show a treatable condition.
Thursday, May 16th, 2019 09:09 pm (UTC)
My oldest friend just lost her husband to pulmonary fibrosis. The four year diagnosis was just about right. However his health was otherwise good until the end, and probably masked many early symptoms for some time, so I suspect it was closer to 10 years once he started developing it. He lived pretty normally for all but the last 6 months.

Your mother's situation sounds like it could be quite complicated though given her existing problems. I'm sorry to hear that this difficult time could go on much longer than at first expected.