Anxious

Hi Dave, 

anxious is where we’ve all been at some point in our individual journeys. Sounds like there are a couple of things from your visit. The consultants at initial concerns tend to have two nurses ( I’m also in the north west ) one will be your potential named nurse if it is cancer - they are good as they are your communication broker so you can get information from them and they can chase information for you. They are in many cases also supportive. But it’s a bit much when you’re anxious so many people in a room can overwhelm. 
Kidney cancer from my experience is unique but everyone’s experience is different. I was diagnosed by accident as many are. There were a couple of things that stuck with me one was I was told it grows slowly which is why they take time in planning next course of action. For me there has been no symptoms,  no pain, and no visibility that you are actually quite unwell. 

two kidney are great but not necessary ( surprising) they do a test on filtration rate ( how kidneys filter and clean your blood) gfr it’s known as. I had one kidney removed and apart from a couple of months post surgery to heal. Then you build your fitness up from there. But my gfr remained the same as before the kidney was removed. 

sounds like it is just your kidney they are looking at so that’s a real bonus ( I know it won’t feel like that just now) the multidisciplinary meeting ( MDT) will have medical professionals at it and they explore the best and most effective way of treating the lesion it maybe that it’s just a lesion and they want to watch it for a bit as the best treatment. 

I don’t know if that helps in anyway but it really is a trust the process situation and feeling anxious is part of that information on googling will blow your mind ( been down that rabbit hole!) 

take good care and hopefully things will become clearer soon 

Thanks mate. Your words are very much appreciated. 

Dougie_fresh said:

im confused why the 2 nurses where involved if this still could turn out to be benign.

The NHS tend to get the nurse in when they give you a possible diagnosis of cancer for support reasons.  

It does suit some people.  Some people find it supportive.  I wasn't in favour and I made a point never to let it happen to me again.  And it didn't!