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Category: molecular tumor testing

Patience … It’s not easy, but it is worth it

When you are first diagnosed with lung cancer, everything seems to move at breakneck speed on one hand and on the other hand, time flows like molasses. You rush from one test to the next. My primary care doctor (PCP) felt a suspicious knot on my collarbone and astutely sent me for a CT scan that very day. The CT scan showed suspicious activity in my lungs so my PCP ordered a PET scan. The PET scan couldn’t happen until insurance approved its cost. Time slowed while we waited for that approval.

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Posted on December 4, 2018December 4, 2018Categories biopsy, cancer, doctor, lung cancer, molecular tumor testing, PET scan, Submitted_to_LungCancerdotNetLeave a comment on Patience … It’s not easy, but it is worth it
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