I went with my Dad for his CT-guided lung biopsy today. The radiology nurse told us that from start to finish it would take about an hour and a half and that after the procedure is finished she would look for me in the outpatient waiting area. I decided that before I went to the cafeteria to grab some lunch, I would go to the hospital chapel to do my daily devotional. I had been in the chapel 15-20 minutes when I got a call from the radiology nurse saying Dad was fine, but the radiologist wanted to speak to both Dad and me together. When I got into the scanning room, Dad was on the table and the doctor was standing beside him. He told us that he is unable to do the biopsy because the nodule had shrunk by half. He said that he was worried he had reviewed someone else's CT scan prior to Dad getting on the table, so he scanned Dad both on his belly and his back to make sure he wasn't missing anything. Then he did some comparing with the first CT and he said there is no doubt it had gotten smaller. He said he believes the nodule is a resolving inflammatory process and will recommend that Dad has a repeat chest CT in three months to keep a close eye on it.
Dad is relieved. I am cautiously relieved...does this sound like it could be Wegener's-related? Would you be comfortable waiting 3 months for a follow-up scan?
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