I had a nephrectomy 3 weeks ago via laparoscopic surgery due to a 11cm mass which was presumed cancerous. I couldn’t fault the care I received in hospital but now that I’m home I feel a bit isolated with regard to not knowing if I’m recovering as I should be. My wounds are healing well and I’m fine having short walks but I still can’t bend forward enough to do up my shoes or lay without extra pillows in bed. I’ve been a passenger on short car journeys and find it really uncomfortable. I don’t know if that’s normal or not? I was told in hospital that the surgery was successful and the mass was likely to be low grade cancer but it could also have been benign and I will know more when the histology results come through which will be in about 6 weeks.
I wish everyone well in their recovery.
