#1

I had flu like symptoms about 8 weeks ago about 2 weeks ago I had strep throat. All during this time I have had this reoccurring cough that won’t go away. My Primary Care Doc ordered an xray of the lungs and the report was “a questionable 8 mm noncalcified pulmonary nodule in right mid lung field.” This nodule was not there one year ago and labs ruled out valley fever (given I live in phoenix). The radiologist recommended CT scan for further evaluation.

I have a CT scan set for this coming week, then a pulmonologist visit in a few weeks.

I’m on 24 mg of Rapamycin every two weeks. Wonder if I should stop taking Rapamycin until I get this resolved/figured out?

Any input would be appreciated.

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#2

Hi, your post was a couple years ago but how did the lung nodule work out? Was it considered benign upon further screenings? Hope all is well. I’m surprised that it originally showed up on x-ray as 8mm is very small for an x-ray pick-up.

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8mm is almost a centimeter, or a third of an inch, that’s not so small; I’d hope an x-ray would pick uo something that huge, lol! But wrt. the nodule, I’d definitely stop the rapa because one of the most worrisome rapamycin side effects is that it can induce interstitial lung disease:

ILD is a nasty lung disease, that causes lung scarring - who knows, maybe your nodule was caused by rapamycin:

ILD is my biggest fear in getting on rapa.

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#4

During an executive physical, my doc discovered a lung nodule about a decade ago. We’ve had one follow up and it was the same size.

Even though mine was there pre rapa, this potential issue is something I was not aware of, so thanks, I’ll talk to my doc and maybe we do my next screening sooner than later.

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#5

Every time I get a CAC they put in 3 or 4 paragraphs about various nodules and cysts on lungs, liver, etc… My doctor worried at first but now he just nods and we forget about it. I think my younger days raising pigs and cleaning out spoiled grains left me with a few scars. They’re not growing. I’m over it.

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#6

Thank you for this : I had a petscan taken last month where they saw two 5 mm masses that could be nodules in my right lung : I had a petscan taken in 2020 and I didn’t have anything then … will have to to take another one in 3 months … :crossed_fingers: