Spillman was then referred to the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center’s Multidisciplinary Thoracic Clinic, where she first saw interventional pulmonologist Dr. “They told me, ‘Whatever it is, it’s growing rapidly.’” “They called me immediately for another test,” she said.
However, after her third yearly scan, she got another phone call right after her appointment. The first two years, the spot appeared unchanged. “It was a small spot, and the lung doctor said that I could have been born with it, but he didn’t know for sure,” she said. She sought out a pulmonologist, who decided to scan her annually to watch for signs of growth or change in the small lung mass. Spillman’s primary care doctor ordered a CT scan, which found two things: pneumonia, as expected, and another thing her doctor did not expect: a small spot in the upper lobe of her right lung. “And he said, ‘If you don’t go to the doctor right now, I’m going to come and take you.’” “Then one morning I got up, called my son, and said ‘I can’t breathe,’” Spillman said.
For three weeks, she tried over-the-counter medicines to no avail. 17, 2020) - When Lexington resident Brenda Spillman came down with pneumonia in 2016, the illness lingered in her lungs, gradually causing her to lose her breath.
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