Solitary Pulmonary Nodule

[Erichsgurl2]

I've been having a lot of respitory problems in the last 2 months...the most annoying symptom is the feeling that I am constantly out of breath or "hungry for air" accompanied by an annoying ache or burning feeling where I would assume my diapraghm is. Anyway, after a few visits to the doctor to no avail, I went to the emergency room and was given a CT scan and they told me I have a 4mm SPN in the right anterior lobe of my lung. The ER doctor came in and could not explain my symptoms and non-chalantly told me that she didn't know what this was, but it could be cancer, and then left the room. I am 25 years old and have been a smoker (1-2 packs a day) for over 10 years. I've cut down and begun working with my doctor on a smoking-cessation plan. I pushed for his permission to use nicotene gum and quit cold-turkey but he insisted I don't. Anyhow, I'm very concerned because cancer runs in my family. My Grandfather (God rest his soul) survived cancer 3 times in his lifetime. All different: colon, sinus, and I believe prostate (but we don't talk about that). I'm upset with my doctor because although the nodule is small, he wants me to wait for a year for a follow up...and then today I learned that because this is now an unwelcome part of my medical history, I'm uninsurable until the nodule is classified. They cannot classify it for at least a year because there is no previous record of the SPN in my lung. I'm upset that there is a forty percent chance it could be malignant, and it seems that no one wants to do anything but sit on it. I don't know if I can deal with that emotionally...who can deal with thinking there is a possibility of lung cancer for a year? Is there a chance that if it is cancerous it could cause many more problems within that time? I'm very worried and sick over this. My doctor has prescribed a lung function test and is NOT TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY. He laughed at me at my last appointment telling me that I don't have cancer...well if that's the case, why is it that everything I read says that they should be classified as malignant until proven otherwise? Someone please help me. I don't know what to do. My friends and family and even MY DENTIST...yes her too, have told me to ask for a second opinion. Is that what I should do?

[heartbroken]

Please have it checked immediately. For your own peace of mind, don't wait. If it's nothing then you have peace of mind, if it is something you have a jump on it!!! Please have it checked immediately!

[UroDoc]

Get a second opinion, good luck