Hi My partner was diagnosed with renal kidney cancer 5 weeks ago after urgent scans were requested by his consultant following an ultrasound which found ‘3.5cm lesion ‘ on his left kidney. It took a lot of chasing and dozens of calls to get these...
Hello All, I'm a first time poster. Ive just had my left kidney removed because it had a large tumour on it and I was weeing a lot of blood. Today I started a course of Cabozantinib, one tablet a day for 28 days. The possible side FX look scary...and...
Hi all, I have just joined this group and just finding my way around. I was diagnosed with kidney cancer in April and 9 weeks ago had my kidney removed. I am relieved to say that they managed to remove the cancer. It was at stage 3 but not spread. I will...
Hi all, I have received my op date for a full right kidney removal in 5 weeks. I believe it’s called a nephrectomy… getting used to these medical terms after not experiencing anything like this. I had an abdominal ultrasound in June after experiencing...
Hi all, my 76 year old mum just been diagnosed with kidney cancer which has fused the kidneys , and it’s spread to adrenal, lungs and liver… she’s being sent for a MRI now, what’s the purpose of this ? What are the typical treatment options for this ...
Hi, I had my rhs kidney removed 7 months ago by open surgery as my tumour was very large & then had an infection afterwards so my wound had to be reopened & heal by itself which in itself was a very big thing But now I have an incisional hernia which...
Hi, I have somewhat of a long, complicated health history. Because of this, surgery is very risky. This year, I had to have surgery to remove a gallstone that was blocking my colon, I think. It was killing me wherever it was, so I had to have the surgery...
Is it normal to feel so much stress and anxiety while waiting to have your kidney removed, it’s only a couple of weeks to go, but I can’t believe how stressed it am, even though removal of my kidney should cure me.
I have been diagnosed with cancer of the kidney today and should be having my kidney removed. Are there any benefits i can claim?
Hi everyone - I hope it’s ok to post here as I haven’t received a diagnosis as of yet. I’m very nervous about the journey ahead. I’ll share a bit of my story and hope that somebody with a similar experience can offer me some hope. Mass on left kidney...
