lung lesion

[brad47]

I had a recent chest x ray done and showed a small lesion on right lung. was told to get ct scan to rule out cancer.
I had a very bad flu chest congestion, yellow phelgm, headache. very weak lasted over a week, was hard to breathe coughing, for a few days, short of breath.  got better took antibotics. chest x ray was about 10 days after I felt better,
Could my lesion be from left over infection, I do have copd. thanks I,am freaking out a little
Thanks Brad

[heather50]

I just made a similar posting, see "I'm scared". I have had pneumonia a couple of times which could be the cause of my lesion and luckily it hasn't changed in size over the past 6 weeks but I certainly understand your concerns.  The waiting is the hard part.  I need to see a specialist because the radiologist who read my CT scan can't be completely sure of what my lesion is or isn't. The specialist will schedule either a PET or MRI. I've been reading about both.  I'm not sure how to get the worse case scenario out of your mind. I did start going back to the gym today.  Perhaps the exercise will also be good for my brain. Good luck to you.