Hi I’m due for a keyhole partial nephrectomy next week. I don’t understand how you navigate returning to work and phased return? My boss is asking but I don’t know right now. I have quite an active job travel, factory work, lifting, office based...
Hi everyone and thanks for having me here. I have some symptoms that could point to kidney cancer. (Over the last five years or so I’ve had two cystoscopies because traces of blood were found in my urine. Both cystoscopies were negative. There was another...
Hi all. Hope you’re well I have stage 4 kidney cancer that has spread to liver, pancreas and multiple sites in the lungs. Treatment so far has been immunotherapy (a combination of ipilimumab and Nivolumab) which didn’t work for me so was only on that...
I'm due to have a partial nephrectomy soon (right upper pole). What would you recommend taking and not taking to the hospital? Hospital suggests a dressing gown but that feels unnecessary to me. I'm a 47 year old man in relatively ok health. I'm based...
Hello, a brief summary. A family member was diagnosed with T3a RCC (believe the leibovich was a six). Nephrectomy in Sept 2024 and immunotherapy completed in Nov 2025. After the pembrolizumab was completed as adjuvant treatment, had an appt with the...
I had a radical left neph last June 18, 2025 and all went well. My last round of scans was in January of 2026. The last 2 weeks I have been having pains from my left testicle all the way around my left lower back, it feels like kidney stone pain even...
Hi everyone, I’m hoping to hear from anyone who’s had a similar diagnosis or has gone through biopsy or partial nephrectomy for a small renal mass. I’m 40 and recently had an MRI for bowel symptoms, which unexpectedly picked up a mass in my right...
I posted a while ago that my oncologist had referred me to the urology consultant as he thought I was now ready for surgery following on from 14 months of immunotherapy. Well I saw the consultant on Monday the 29th of June and he agrees. It will be...
Hi there I'm 60 and have just had a radical nephrectomy because of a large and agressive tumour. Assuming the cancer has not spread through my lymph nodes, I am due to begin immunotherapy in a few weeks. I'd be interested to hear from anyone in a...
Hello, I am new to this forum although I did have a tumour in my bladder treated with chemotherapy, radiotherapy and BCG Instillations. Unfortunately at my last CT scan they discovered a small tumour in my left kidney. I’m having my kidney removed on...
