I am new to blogging but not to cancer.  I took a bad fall in 1996 and from that I had a couple of broken ribs and lots of bruises and pain.  When the bruise on my back didn't get any better, and I was plagued with back pain, the doc sent me for an exray which showed a mass on my lungs.......from there I had to have an ultrasound of the abdominal area due to the back pain and at this time they suspected lung cancer and they requested a CRT of the lungs.  The tech who did the CRT said "....well that's odd"!  I asked her what she was referring to and she said "it's probably nothing, but I'm seeing some dark area just under you lungs and I'm going to take a few extra "slices" (a term used for the pics and how they are taken)  ONnce the tests came back they found I had a mass in my  kidney and the mass in my lungs was a hemoma (blood clot) caused by the fall but they weren't concerned with that now, they decided I needed an artereogram(sp?) They said this would determine for sure if it was a clot or if it was cancer.  Cancer would have blood going to it and the clot would not, but they couldn't tell anything til that was done.  Needless to say, I had it done and when I came to after the procedure I asked the Tech if the spot had a blood supply to which he replied NO.  Wow, what a relief......I finally slept for this first time in 3 weeks!