Hi everyone
my wife has just been diagnosed with RCC intermediate stage. Apparently, that's half way between stages 3 and 4. The cancer has spread outside her left kidney towards her lung and adrenal gland. It sounds very bad, but we live in hope. She has just started a course of Ipilimumab and nivolumab which we have been told is the gold standard treatment, which it seems to be.
Naturally, we're both in the dark…
I want to make a record of my journey in this unusual year and for me certainly unforgettable. I'm writing it for my therapy as well as for anyone else who is or knows someone who is going through similar experiences.
5th September
It was a normal Saturday afternoon and I was tk meet a couple of friends in Farringdon for an early eveing drink. I was looking forward to it as it had been a difficult summer so far. Working…
Hello All,
I recently underwent Renal Cryotherapy ablation of a relatively small T1a tumour on my right kidney. It has been 3 weeks since my procedure which seems to have gone well.I was treated at The Gartnavel hospital in Glasgow on the 27th of October. I Spent 2 nights in hos[ital,one night before and one night after my surgery.
I was placed under general anaesthetic and my procedure lasted a total of 2hrs and 30 mins…
