Hello All, I was wondering if you could share or advise about what to consider for discharge. I had my radical nephrectoy 7days back, and slowly gaining strength in hospital. Clips are still on. And the pain is sometimes quite uncomfortable but...
Hi all, I was hoping to get some advice please? I had a partial nephrectomy in early May this year, followed 2 weeks later by emergency surgery for internal bleeding. All was sorted and my team at the UHNM in Staffordshire were great. Over the last...
Hi all had my successful surgery Monday morning and now recovering at home having left the hospital at 6.30pm Wednesday afternoon, still feeling very tender on my stomach! My surgery was successful with no complications although I was not quite with after...
Hi all Not the best time to post but a quick update there has been movement in the main area left, so hopefully the presence of movement and a poo means that everything’s is working as expected ! So really good news
Hey everyone, just a quick question. Where any of you given advice on what to avoid when eating after loosing a kidney? I'm trying to lose weight but finding it really hard as I'm getting older and menopausal. Was just reading an article on macros and...
Has anyone been poorly during immunotherapy treatment
Hello gang, l am back on an old theme, which is the random exhaustion and depression. I am out of chemo, "GEM/CIS" with Stage 4 kidney cancer and touching spine and invaded PSOS muscle. Diagnosed a year ago received 8 doses of the chemo which ended in...
Hi all I'm Mark. I had a partial nephrectomy in January of this year. I had scans about 8 or 9 weeks ago, I haven't heard anything back from them. When they first found the cancer on my left kidney they said there was a speck on my lung. I was told that...
Hi guys, well it's been 2 weeks now since I had my Nephroureterectomy, all seems well except for one thing, I have started to have the most awful night sweats, I have never had these before, could they perhaps be a side effect from the surgery itself...
Hi Folks Has anyone encountered a dry mouth or incessant thirst, possibly from immunotherapy (or chemo) meds? What are you taking for it - does any OTC reliever work? I've got so desperate I've been looking for some Oralieve or some saliva replacement...
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