Barbara: Lung Nodule Patient

Barbara Frey, a nurse in UAB's High Risk OB Clinic, was referred to the Interventional Pulmonology & Pleural Disease Program after an annual physical revealed spots on both her lungs. In a single bronchoscopy procedure, UAB Interventional Pulmonology and Pleural Disease physicians were able to biopsy her lymph nodes as well as locate and biopsy both spots, determining they were two separate and curable stage-one cancers, and allowing for more timely treatment. Barbara shares the story of her journey back to good health with help from a compassionate, multi-disciplinary care team at UAB Medicine.

[@ali87107]

Thank goodness.

[@JoyYacobacci-tx4xu]

Prayers 🙏

[@kimberlypatton205]

I have a lung nodule , scheduled for a CT scan next Friday… it is very scary.

[@helen9525]

how can 2 people put thumbs down ?

[@karenimran3349]

You get lung nodules even if you don’t smoke. I have one and have never smoked. It showed up on the PET SCAN but didn’t light up as cancer. Having another scan in six months time to check to see if there’s any changes.

[@MA7-6585]

How is she now, 2020?

[@pamreynolds6812]

Why arent my doctors doing that for me? I already had sn adnocarcinoma but they insist on watching . I am so sick with worry

[@Raw_Roots]

I wish I had the type of help she has as well.

[@AffiliationVed]

This bhudyaaa is lucky

[@Raw_Roots]

It is sad that western medicine our bodies compartmentalized. It should be look at as a whole system, because it is. Our bodies health also should include mental health.