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I should also add that I have mild asthma that was diagnosed my primary care doctor about 5 years ago, but they never did any X-rays or scans. My doctor said it wasn’t necessary. Oh, and all my blood labs that were done on Tuesday 7/25 came back in normal ranges.

Thank you so much for responding, BillMFI, and for the info. I had .8mm melanoma in one SLN when they did the SLNB. The other three nodes they took out had no melanoma in them. Then when the chest CT came back with a 2mm nodule, it made me really worried (still does). I’m a previous smoker, and had finally succeeded in quitting a few month before I was first diagnosed, so I also have a higher risk of developing lung cancer too. I talked to my Dr and they said it was too small to biopsy and that there are several reasons besides cancer that can cause lung nodules from the air we breathe to past viruses or other irritants (such as my previous smoking), so they just want to watch it. I decided to go ahead with the treatments as a precaution since if it is cancerous, the earlier it’s treated, the better the outcome. Had my first Keytruda dose on the 10th. So far so good with zero side effects, that’s not to say side effects won’t show up in the coming weeks, months, years… My fingers are crossed that the next scan will show no change, or best case that the nodule is gone and it will be nothing to have worried about.

Hi JudiAU, thanks for responding. Today I decided to go ahead with the immunotherapy. I have my first treatment on the 10th. I’m pretty nervous about it since I have no idea what to expect.

Hi YoJa, Thank you so much for replying to me, and for the reassurance.