Anxious and new

Hello, just  to reassure you that you are not alone. Many of us have been where you are right now and understand the shock of it all and how scary it is. Try to take things one day at a time and one step at a time. You will get through it. Others have health conditions like you and can still have the necessary operation and treatment if that is needed. You will have a team of experts looking after you so hopefully can feel a little reassured by that. They will make a plan for you and you will start to feel a bit more in control. Try to distract yourself from thinking the worst by doing nice things and just be kind to yourself.

Hello Starlady, thankyou so much for your reply. And for reaching out. 

It has made me feel a bit better already knowing that there are others out there going through this too. And that I am not alone. 

Just a bit of panic set in I think. 

I have had a partial nephrectomy 5 weeks ago. My lesion was also 3 cm and most of the specialists thought that it is cancer but it came out as a benign tumor. As your lesion is small, the operation and the risks seem to be less damaging. My tumor was placed in a risky part of the kidney so it required an open surgery. All you need to focus on is to find the best specialist in the field. The rest is not very hard. 5 weeks now and thanks God I can drive, attend to some of my meetings, do some minor house chores and even go shopping and spend time with my friends. Even if it comes out as a cancer, you have a small lesion and it can be treated only with the operation or max you might need to receive an amount of immunotherapy. Do not worry, everything will be fine earlier than you imagine and you will be thankful to find it out very early. Wish you luck and health 

Hi, i had a partial nephrectomy 7 weels ago for a 6.7cm tumour, although the pic of it after removal showed it as 8.7cm and the biopsy showed it to be quite aggressive, it wasnt as bad as i thought it would be, i dont have any heath conditions other than asthma which was probably caused by being an ex heavy smoker so cant say if your health conditions will have any affect on things, the worst part for me was the shoulder pain after the op from the air they inflate you with, i can do most things now and i do suffer with fatigue but that will get better, kidney cancer is not as bad as some of the others and i thought ill worry when they give me something to worry about, there was no sign of spread so no further treatment, although that can change but ill cross that bridge if and when i need to.

Talking to people on here can help a lot as many will be going/gone through the same as you and worse so feel free to ask as many questions as you need to and know you're not alone. Theres always someone to talk to.

Hope everything goes well for you.