I so love the advice and encouragement of all your comments. Please know that I am feeling more optimistic today. Barbara, my nodule is not a mass and certainly not a tumor. However it has grown from 1.3mm to 1.6mm over the past year and the technology of the pet scans now can detect if their is any activity. Last yr. my pulmonary Dr. had the chance to offer 10 of his clients a blood test to check for lung malignancy, a cost of $10,000 a pop. and I was one of them. No activity. Now they are talking about removing the nodule so I am way more concerned about the copd than cancer. I did quit smoking for 2 mo. in the fall but I have lost motivation. I have been depressed and isolated over the winter. I am hoping being in a class, meeting other people working toward the same goals, will provide the extra umph I need. They also provide the nrt's. It is run by the Levine Cancer Institute here in Charlotte and they are having good success. It's not that I don't have the tools, it's just that the tools are rusty. In the mean time, I am cutting down on smoking. As awful as it sounds, I am down to a pack a day and will keep cutting down until May 5. Even when I am not motivated, every time I come on this site, I get motivated. 2 weeks is not going to make much of a difference and in the meantime, they are brutal in pulmonary rehab, making me work out for an hour with the exercise machines, weights and a stretch band for upper body and chest strength.
