Good evening. i have posted before and found the support incredibly helpful. Im now three years into diagnosis of Stage 4 clear Cell RCC, with mets in my pancreas head and tail, liver, bowel in three places and a small nodule in my lung. Ive been...
Today is the day! My mum finally has her oncology appointment to hopefully discuss treatment and results from her kidney biopsy. We are all very anxious. She is quite weak/tired all the time and has been admitted to hospital since her last oncology appointment...
Hello I would like some advice on what to look for with kidney cancer, what confirmed kidney cancer. Thanks.
Hello - has anyone experienced SABR radiotherapy to a kidney tumour? I would be grateful to hear of peoples experiences and side effects they have encountered?Thank you! KQ
Hello everyone, Im new here - in June I had an x-ray on my clavicle and I was called back for a full chest x-ray. I was told it was probably nothing but they sent me for a CT scan. I was called in and told it was very likely that I had two primary...
Well, the operation took place on the 26th of August. Kidney, adrenal gland, lymph nodes and renal vein containing thrombus removed. There were complications which I didn't fully understand when the consultant told me that there was some sort of gunk...
I’ve been diagnosed with a 4cm tumour metastatic RCC in my left distal radius. The surgeon said, on 15 July, that she thought she could ‘save my hand’. It’s been almost 2 months and I haven’t got a date for the surgery at the only hospital that can do...
Hello peeps, newbie to all of this! Visited doc last December for unintentional weight loss (after chronic UTI, fevers and night sweats). Had lost 1 stone over 6 months, down to 7.5 stone. Usual tests arranged, diabetes, thyroid etc, but examination...
Hi all, I was diagnosed with an 11cm right-sided kidney tumour that has associated thrombus mass in some of my veins and inferior vena cava going up above my diaphragm. it has been a complete shock as I’ve only just turned 60 this year, and have been...
Latest scan shows my 2 lung nodules to be stable at 3mm so Oncologist has stopped the Suninitib tablets until further notice however the treatment has caused Pericardial Effusion which is a build up of fluid around the heart. Waiting for an echocardiogram...
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