Dear reader, I'm new here, so I thought I would share a little bit about my journey so far. A number of week ago, I was referred to a consultant cardiologist by my GP. For a number of months, I had been on medication to lower my blood pressure. At...
My name is Mandy. here as my ex husband who is 54. After a hospital admission for heart failure. An incidental finding of a kidney mass of 20cm. Which more than likely cancer no official diagnosis yet. I’m looking for tips on how to help him deal with...
Hi, I recently took myself to a&e due to severe headaches I'd been suffering for about 2 weeks. A CT scan of the head showed mets in my brain. This was followed by a full body CT, which also found mets in my lungs. It was suspected they started in the...
Hi my name Sarah and my 44 year old husband has just found out he has kidney cancer. He hasn't felt unwell his symptoms are peeing blood, he's had two cts first one was to check the kidney and the second one was to check his lungs. Is this normal for...
Ode to my kidney Goodbye to my kidney, we had a good time I gave you a place to live, you gave me urine A perfect partnership no one can deny So goodbye loop of Henle and goodbye glomeruli Goodbye bowman’s capsule and goodbye to my nephron Who will play...
Hi All, if you have read some of my threads you'll know I had an 8cm tumour-robotic-left nephrectomy on 21/6/24. I received an outpatient letter last week to be seen on 11th July. However , Yesterday I received a call from the hospital asking me to attend...
Hi Everyone, l’m new here. Diagnosed in February with a left kidney tumour stage 2. Having a radical nephrectomy on this Friday 10th. Nervous but want it over with after eight weeks waiting. Terrible shock but luckily it hasn’t spread. Best wishes to...
Hi everyone, this isn't about me but my beautiful daughter who was diagnosed last year with stage 4 and has been on levantanib and pembro, with remarkable success. All her mets disappeared, which was a true miracle. She was so ill when diagnosed that...
I was diagnosed with kidney cancer with a large tumour on 28th October. I was 65 then played golf 2/3 days a week did yoga/meditation 3 times a week and looked after my wonderful grandsons -after school whilst mum and dad worked. kidney removed tumour...
Just joined the group. Had radical nephrectomy on 17th April. PT3 NX - high risk of cancer returning Offered immunotherapy or 3 monthly CT scans to monitor return of cancer
