Indeed, it has been a very complicated 2 1/2 years. I was diagnosed with metastatic kidney cancer (renal cell carcinoma) on October 24th, 2007 at just before ten o'clock in the morning. I was told by a urologist that the right kidney contained a 2.4cm, solid renal mass and was intraparenchymal (in the meat of the kidney). I was referred to Cleveland Clinic for a laparoscopic partial nephrectomy. Also noted on the CT…
