Hi, I had a total left nephrectomy in 2021 and I now have a mass on my adrenal gland. I'm having open surgery to remove it on March 25th. I'm really scared about the surgery and worried they willl find more cancer during surgery! Has anyone else had metastasis...
Just seen the letter to GP after my ONCO appoint. My mass was 14 cm and is currently classed as a T3A renal cell carcinoma. Also have thickening of gall bladder which I have had a MRI scan for but hopefully that is ok and not linked . Not great news but...
I was wondering how often you guys get follow up scans, ie the more advanced the cancer is I guess your scans should be more frequent or does the NHS tend to have only six month at a time in general?
Hi all I had my operation on Thursday to remove my left kidney, it was keyhole and they had robots helping too. I’ve had to have a drain and that is causing me the most pain! Anyone else had one? I was supposed to go home yesterday but they gave me morphine...
Kidney cancer both kidneys
I had a fairly difficult year last year as my previous treatment slowly lost control of my cancer which slowly spread to several more places. As I have capillery renal cell cancer I know that this is a more aggressive and rare type of cancer. As my consultant...
Well tomorrow is the day for the appointment with my oncologist . I have taken some good advice here and I believe these appointments are actually quite short ‘10 to 15 mins or so . I will bring a notebook and will come armed with some questions but not...
Hi, so Ive had my scan and with bladder and prostate written off I should be positive but obviously my 2 episodes of gross haematuria has to have a reason so I am awaiting these results with trepidation. I have little doubt that my kidney will have a...
This is been a great source of comfort on this forum whilst I have been feeling down and out. I have felt that I will be a lost cause after I have been diagnosed and think that I will have the worst prognosis ever. People on here have assured me that...
My operation went very well. I was back in work after 3 weeks. My follow up scans show no cause for concern........ However, I exeprence sharp pains and dull aches from the area operated in. I complained of these and had additional scans 3 months after...
