I'm retired now, but grew up in the age when the only place you didn't smoke was church. I quit 27 yrs ago and yet the effects of all those years of smoking have come home to roost.  I have joined the infamous "Cancer  Club" and my membership into the club came by a simple chest x-ray after a niggling cough 2 months ago. This was followed by a "CAT Scan, PET Scan and finally a biopsy confirming what I already feared.

Hopefully my fix will be on the 20th when I meet a surgical robot "RATS" who will remove the cancer and give me the chance to meet my maker by a different means.

The bottom line guys is that a simple chest x-ray can give you and your family peace of mind or if a problem exists the chance to fix it.

Thankyou

Hope to hear news in the near future that you have beaten this.. Positive thoughts for you and your family.

In the words of Mickey Mantle: "If I knew I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself."

Thank you for posting this message, Sir. May the 20th bring you the results you seek. 

Thank you all for your kind words and support. On a lighter note, I'm guessing Thanksgiving dinner will include "hospital Jello" 

Sorry to hear the diagnosis, but hopefully you can beat it! Thank you very much for sharing the story, you never know might be helped by reading this, even on JH of all places. 

luck and thanks for a very useful reminder.