Hi there I just had a CT scan last week since I’ve smoked since I was 14 and have been getting a little SOB and have lung cancer that runs in my family and the radiologist wrote minimal/mild emphysema on my scan. I have an appointment with a pulmonologist later this month to do PFT’s but I’m just concerned in the fact that I would have emphysema at such a young age. I’m wondering if there’s people on here that also got diagnosed in their 30s and how you’ve progressed over the years. It scares me that I would have it at such a young age since people don’t usually get diagnosed until 50s or 60s does that mean that I’m going to worse off? If I already have it in my 30s am I going to be oxygen dependent by my 50s? Is my life expectancy shorter since I’m so much younger with the disease? Any information/help would be so appreciated because I also have anxiety disorder and this is causing me to go into full blown anxiety/panic attacks