Single small lung nodule
Hi melahomies, had my annual PET scan today and met with oncologist following. Unfortunately formal report wasn’t ready during appointment with oncologist but he was able to look through images himself with me. Everything looks clean except for one new tiny nodule on lung, less than 5mm with mild uptake of 2.0. Was not there at PET scan last year. He was not overly concerned after looking over images and told me to continue with regular follow up plan which would be 6 months. Immediately following appointment the report loaded in portal and radiologist listed the nodule as “possibly inflammatory or metastatic”, which just seeing that word sent me into a bit of a tailspin, and recommended follow up CT only in three months to monitor. I guess my question is, should I put more weight into what my oncologist felt was not a seemingly meaningful finding or should I be more concerned? Waiting to hear back from their office to see if he wants me to compete the three month rescan or not. I feel like prior to scan I was either prepared for the best or the worst but not this “gray zone”. Alas, I should probably get used to this feeling throughout the journey! Any thoughts?
edited for more context: orginal stage 2a, 16 months out from WLE and negative SLNB with no history of recurrence to date.