Kidney cancer

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HI EVERYONE I RECENTLY GOT DIAGNOSED WITH LEFT KIDNEY CANCER AND HAD IT REMOVED LAST TUESDAY,ANYONE IVE SPOKEN TO SEEM AS IN THE DARK AS ME, IT WOULD NE NICE TO KNOW WHATS NEXT, OR NOW IVE HAD KIDNEY REMOVED IS THAT IT? JUST FOLLOW UP APPOINTMENTS TO MAKE SURE IT DOESNT COME BACK. COULD SOMEONE GIVE ME A GENERAL IDEA OF WHAT TO EXPECT,  I WOULD REALLY APPRICATE IT. THANKYOU

  • Hi,

    I'm 8 weeks in, from a Radical Nephrectomy of my right kidney. After approx. 6 weeks, you should have an appointment with your Urologist. I had a telephone appointment. He will go through how it went, and the biopsy results should be there as well. He will probably tell you that you will have 6 monthly CT Scan to check you out. Hope this puts your mind at rest.

  • Hi John Paul I had mine out in March and they let me get a little better before I had another appointment. They rang me to rell me the size and told me what stage it was and then I went to see oncology approximately 8 weeks after the operation and one inbetween for urology take your time don't over do it take time for yourself  hope you make a full recovery 

  • This can be quite normal depending. I just have a CT scan and bloods every eight months. Nothing else.

  • 2 months since my left kidney was removed. It was stage two cancer which hadn’t spread. At 6 weeks I had a telephone consultation with the consultant to say I’d only need 6 monthly CT scans. I’m still not 100% but I’m getting back to some physical activity. For the first six weeks I was absolutely poleaxed so I’m pleased to be back to feeling something more like normal.