Large simple renal cyst right kidney - assumed not to be cancer but size is a concern to me - but not my gp.

I have reposted in 'ask an expert' as that may be more appropriate,

A friend of mine suffers with this and she now swears by a plant based diet.

I had a 6cm lesion on my right kidney removed last week.  Apparently my doctor said 75% of lesions are cancer so they went ahead and removed my kidney.  I never had a biopsy and I had no symptoms at all.  Have they referred you to see a hospital consultant for reassurance if nothing else?

Basically 'no' - i dont believe they told me when they originally found it approx 4 years ago.  I asked for the results of the scan and was told 'no action, nothing to report' - this is often the case, presumably to avoid follow up time.  The hospital has the scan, my notes on nhs login have the report, but not the scan.  I guess I'll let it go for now and only chase if i get pressure/pain in the area again.

thanks for your reply

Pleased its a while so seems correct, anyway hope you don’t have further problems x

Had a tumour on right kidney removed,scan said several simple cysts on left.

At the follow up after surgery was informed they had reassessed the cysts,one now diagnosed as cancer.Ask for a scan to compare with the last one.Monitoring should routinely be at least every 6 months .

I did pay for an ultrasound myself at start ,got results the next day as did GP.

I had a radical nephrectomy last July,  no symptoms, find by an ultrasound scan, 16cm by 10cm by 13cm kidney tumour! First scan all clear! Waiting for results of second scan! Good luck with everything!