At stage 4 I had a radical nephrectomy of the right kidney and metastatic breast lump removed in May 2017. No follow up treatment was given apart from 3-6 monthly CT scans. I have only found 2 recorded instances of kidney cancer metastasising in the breast so comparing statistics is impossible which is why the surgeons got very excited and were going for a cure.
The last CT scan showed that 2 nodules in my right lung had grown so I was transferred to the Cancer hospital. The doctor I saw said there were 4 drug therapies to consider. When asked if a lung resection was viable he said no because multiple nodules were visible in both lungs which was a complete contradiction of facts given to me by the original surgeon. He disappeared to check with his boss and returned saying I was right and had better have another CT scan which has been booked for 10th February.
Most places I have looked indicate that surgery is the best option as drugs don't work on kidney cancers. This is a very controversial state of affairs. Recent media coverage of a patient operated on had subxiphoid nonintubated pneumonectomy and he was 74. The method involves encasing the lung in a net bag and removing it through a cut in the tummy area. I had my kidney removed in the same way so although it hit the headlines and the television this morning the method is not entirely new but needs a specially trained surgeon.
I feel that this would be a suitable method to use to remove the lung or resection the part where the two nodules are positioned as they are close together ( I saw the original scan and there were two small blobs which the doctors could not identify saying they could be scar tissue or inflammation).
I have been very happy not having treatment which causes very unpleasant side effects for the last two and a half years and would rather have the lung metastases cut out than spend the next two years or more in discomfort.
The drugs being put forward are Sunitinib and pazopanib.
Any comments or advice about these drugs would be gratefully received.
Thank you for sharing your experience. Just recently more people have made me aware that life does go on and wonder how the survival statistics are gathered and by exactly what criteria are used and by whom. Another 18 years would indeed mean I follow familial longevity.
Added to my motto “You are never to old to learn” is “Keep going”. 
