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Dennis, definitely follow the advice of the doctors on here and get a second opinion. About this time last year a family member of ours had a cough that wouldn't go away. He'd had coughs before and just treated them with meds and gone on with life. This one was finally bad enough that he saw a lung specialist, and was diagnosed with lung cancer, it's spread and he has less than 5 years. I say that to tell you two things. The first is that now that they know what it is, and have him on a proper course of treatment he's feeling much better. Traveling and getting around and having fun. He still won't live forever, but he is going to be able to enjoy what time he has left.
The second thing is, if he hadn't ignored some of those earlier coughs that kept coming back, he might have been diagnosed before it spread. The difference there is that they could remove the tumor and he could have 20 years left. A 6cm mass is nothing to watch. Find out what it is and get it treated. Then go out and find something that makes you happy, and do for as many years as you can. Life's too short to live it being miserable, find what you enjoy and do it until you physically can't anymore.
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