I was found to have a tumour on my left kidney last Wednesday more by lock than judgement. thankfully I had been admitted 2 weeks earlier with pneumonia and being a coward when it comes to needles I did not let them do a chest drain so I was sent home and had to wait four a ct scan {coward} as an out patient but that was cancelled
So I went back to my GP and sed id have the chest drain if they’d sedate me so she got me re admitted to Hospital thankfully where they did some more tests then admitted me to a word. That was on Friday the 6/3/09 and on Monday they did a ct on my chest and liver this is when they found my tumour on my kidney id had no symptoms as far as I new. But it was three day till they could get some one to see me from urology.
The staff on the word were great they new but couldn’t tell me what was wrong they told me my lungs were ok that was a relief I new something was wrong but had no clue it would be cancer im so lucky to have found it its in the upper pole and extending for two thirds of the total length of the kidney in his words not mine I think its small but im not really sure I just nodded yes to him when he sed do you understand all that but it went straight over my head all I heard was cancer and take out your kidney and here I am now sat at home writing this load of tosh im scared to death and carnet show this in front of my kids iv got to weight 2 moor weeks to let my lungs to recover
FormerMember
Hi Dave
i'm totally with you, i was diagnosed by accident on the 1st of march, i went to a&e with ab pains, thought i passed a kidney stone, a chance scan that day showed a huge tumour on my left kidney, i am 37. i was told could have been there 5 years or more growing away, i had no symptons. they removed the kidney a week later, huge cut and i am still recovering from the op. i feel a bit bewildered and lost with it all, i am told there is no further treatment as i was at stage 2 despite its size (4lb). i have lost weight and am struggling to get my appetite back. i keep thinking its going to come back, people dont seem to understand and assume because its been cut out you should be fine! i just feel something more should be being done.
i have just joined this to try and offload this and get some support with others going through the same thing.
