I’m a 39 year old female, I had my follow up with my doctor yesterday and it’s been confirmed I have papillary renal cell carcinoma. I told my doctor that I have been having a feeling that there is something where my tumor was. It was 12cm and I could...
Hello Ive at last got my date for surgery....4th april now its here seem to be very anxious.. removing my whole kidney right one by keyhole all being well.. they have told me that after surgery they will move me to high dependency unit just wondered...
My partner had to go to a&e on the 13th march with suspected gallstones, 14th march did a ultrasound scan and no stones so admitted him onto a ward etc so sent him for a CT scan on the 16th, had the results within an hour and his appendix had burst so...
Hi A month today I had my neprectomy Thought I may have felt better by now but all I want to do is sleep all the time. Anyone else the same?
Hello, I was wondering if anybody in here has had a large tumour ‘mine was 14 cm’ but did not receive a grade 4 after pathology. I’m convinced that mine will be grade 4 just because of its size. Dont get me wrong , it is what it is at the end of the day...
Nearly 4 weeks post surgery. yesterday I went out and did food shopping. forgot about the heavy bags which I carried into house. Today I feel totally drained. Exhausted and aching all over
So following my nephrectomy (clear cell renal cancer), and the follow up with the oncologist, I was told I'm in the intermediate risk group, since the mass they removed had infiltrated my left renal vein a lot but hadn't breached, but I likely had those...
Not bad, two nights in hospital and they have let me out . Chill time
I have a 5cm mass in my left kidney that my doctor says is fully contained within in the kidney. I was sent for a biopsy to confirm it was cancer. The biopsy results came back with the biopsy is consistent with low grade renal cell carcinoma. With positive...
Ye so surgeon just came round and told me Op went well yesterday which was good . He told me he would book me a scan in about six weeks to decide on further treatment . Anyone else had the same. ?
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