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Hi Orca1, 

I really hope it all went well for you and that you're now resting up. Speak soon

I think it seems to be the way with kidney cancer that they can only predict rather than say with certainty that it’s cancer, I wondered why they couldn’t do a biopsy. I was told from the outset it was 95% certain and, as predicted, it was cancer. At least at 80% there’s a fair possibility that it won’t be. Like you, mine was found on an scan for something unrelated and I’d not had many symptoms. When you hear the word cancer you tend to fear the worst, I got my affairs in order and wrote a Will - five months on from the op to have the kidney and growth removed I’m feeling relatively fit and there’s no sign the cancer had spread. I felt much better once my family knew and they were incredibly supportive. Glad that yours appear to be the same. Good luck and hopefully you’ll be fine after surgery and will just need a bit of time to recover. 

Hello ive been diagnoed last week and the plan is keyhole surgery in 2 weeks first operation of any kind had no symptoms whatsoever so totally shocked but have all faith they will do the very best for us

Good that they are getting the operation done so quickly. Good luck - hope it all goes well for you. 

Thankyou and hope all is well with you 

Hi ChasM,
It's a bit of a shock isn't it. I'm still holding on to the 15% chance a little bit. But I also flit between that, and preparing for it to be as the surgeon suspects. Only time will tell. Glad your recovery seems to have gone well. 

Hello Seven of nine, I'm sorry to hear. I hope it all goes well for you

Hi Jonathan 1989

It went well thank you, took a bit longer than originally thought due to where it was. Am sore but tramadol and paracetamol are helping to manage the pain.

The discharge paperwork says cancer (confirmed). I will find out more when the results are back from pathology / histology and the MDT have met, so just need to focus on recovering from the op for the moment. 

Hope you’re managing ok, the date feels ages away but it soon comes round. 

Hello Orca1,
Very good to hear from you. I'm glad to hear that it went well for you and I hope your recovery goes well. 
It does seem a while away, but I'm quite aware that I only have 2 weekends to go and that makes me feel nervous.
Very best wishes, Jonathan

Hi Jonathan

I know you made this post several months ago, but if you’re still around can I ask how everything went? I hope your procedure went well and you got good news.

I’m experiencing similar to yourself and am awaiting word on having a partial nephrectomy.

My urologist said that there’s still a small chance this could be something like an angiomyolipoma, but I’m sweating it because deep down I feel like it is cancer.