thanks in advance for any advice...yes, all of you can have my guns and stuff, but seeing as im living in cali (right now), you probably dont want any of it
anyhow,
i have had a chronic cough (not very productive, if anything comes up..its whitish-clear) for the past 4 months. never smoked anything and alchohol only on new years in small amounts; otherwise healthy. 42yrs old.
had a chest ct scan done and radiologist sees a few small nodules (3mm-7mm) and diffuse ground glass opacity.
pulmonologist did a lung function test and says expiration volume is low. they used albuterol during the test and it didnt make a significant difference.
so, he says he would recommend biopsy.
he gave me two options...
1- VATS
2- transbronchial
he said its up to me. on one hand im worried the transbronchial will not give enough information, on the other im worried about post op complications involved with VATS