So I thought it would be good start for me to say hello and tell you about my story so far.
At the end of May after experience some blood (only once) in my urine, I spoke to a urologist and had a number of tests which showed a tumour on my right kidney and also an enlarged adrenal gland. He recommended nephrectomy keyhole surgery to remove the kidney and adrenal gland. That was completed at the start of July successfully and I have been recovering well.
I went to see my consultant last week to discuss my recovery and next steps. Again he reiterated how pleased he was with my recovery, checked his handy work on my scares etc. He then proceeded to tell me that although they removed both organs, they had seem that the cancer had spread to my adrenal gland before it was removed. And because of this I am now in the high risk category for it coming back.
He has suggested that I can join a trial coming up which would focus on immunotherapy and I am waiting for someone to contact me to talk it through, to see if I want to participate.
It has left me not really knowing how to feel about it. I feel happy with the surgery, but not sure about the rest of it. He has also booked me in for a 6 month scan, but assume if I join the trial I will be checked more frequently.
