{"id":2537,"date":"2018-07-18T13:03:46","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T17:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/?page_id=2537"},"modified":"2018-08-05T13:41:29","modified_gmt":"2018-08-05T17:41:29","slug":"lung-drama-tension-release","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/big-stories\/the-cancer-battle\/lung-drama-tension-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Lung Drama&#8230; tension, release!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cara took me to Winston-Salem to follow up on the new lung spot that showed up six weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2677\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/big-stories\/the-cancer-battle\/lung-drama-tension-release\/img_20180608_110404\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180608_110404-e1533489349492.jpg?fit=2448%2C3264&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2448,3264\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_20180608_110404\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180608_110404-e1533489349492.jpg?fit=450%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2677\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180608_110404-e1533489349492-225x300.jpg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180608_110404-e1533489349492.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180608_110404-e1533489349492.jpg?resize=75%2C100&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180608_110404-e1533489349492.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180608_110404-e1533489349492.jpg?resize=450%2C600&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180608_110404-e1533489349492.jpg?resize=400%2C533&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180608_110404-e1533489349492.jpg?w=1312&amp;ssl=1 1312w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_20180608_110404-e1533489349492.jpg?w=1968&amp;ssl=1 1968w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The CT scan showed NOTHING &#8211; apparently the flu bug I had at the prior scan was the cause of the large spot at the bottom of my right lung&#8230; and it was GONE.\u00a0 Wow.\u00a0 Cara was my good luck talisman, she was the only one who still believed this might actually happen.\u00a0 The most remarkable moment was MAKING OUT IN THE WAITING ROOM while we waited to hear the news, THAT&#8217;S HOW HAPPY SHE MAKES ME.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Wudel walked in and said hello in that warm welcoming manner that has nearly become extinct.\u00a0 He pulled the scan up right in front of us, before the official radiology report, and dug all around in my lung with the before-and-after views&#8230; and couldn&#8217;t find a thing.\u00a0 These are the moments in life that are truly surreal.\u00a0 We must remember and be grateful for them, every one.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you baby for taking me there, setting everything up, making me feel so loved&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2018\/cara-and-i-discover-winston-salem\/\">we had such a fun time<\/a> with that good news on our minds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cara took me to Winston-Salem to follow up on the new lung spot that showed up six weeks ago. The CT scan showed NOTHING &#8211; apparently the flu bug I had at the prior scan was the cause of the large spot at the bottom of my right lung&#8230; and it was GONE.\u00a0 Wow.\u00a0 Cara &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/big-stories\/the-cancer-battle\/lung-drama-tension-release\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lung Drama&#8230; tension, release!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":194,"menu_order":510,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2537","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9M0Zg-EV","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":377,"url":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/big-stories\/the-cancer-battle\/ct-scan-showed-tumor-growth\/","url_meta":{"origin":2537,"position":0},"title":"CT scan showed tumor growth","author":"m","date":"March 25, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I got my semi-annual CT scan on Friday, and Dr. Levine reported that a mucinous layer had expanded from 5mm in the previous scan to 9mm. 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