Those of you on or have been on immunotherapy for your RCC would you mind sharing your experience? I am awaiting pathology results but the consultant did mention this treatment option but didn’t give any detail, that will come when I meet in a few weeks...
Hello everyone, what a roller coaster the last 3 weeks have been! My beautiful 71 year old Mum was diagnosed with kidney cancer 3 weeks ago after fracturing her arm just turning over in bed! I wouldn't have thought that was even possible. Isn't having...
Never in a million years did I think I’d be joining this forum but hey here we are. I’m 29 yo, female and have absolutely no symptoms, so here goes my story. I had a US less than 2 weeks ago on Sunday 20Aug where they found a mass on my right kidney....
Quick diagnosis, no symptoms totally undetected and in 2 weeks surgery to remove kidney and tumour- woo! Very scary prospect and dreading what recovery looks like…
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Hi. I'm not new but I haven't posted anything before. I had my left kidney removed due to renal cell carcinoma in September 2021 and I'm now waiting for surgery to repair an incisional hernia which developed post surgery. I just wandered if anyone else...
On Thursday evening my husband went to a&e with suspected kidney stones. After a 10 hour wait and CT scan they told us he has a 7cm tumour on his kidney. Following another scan on Monday they have found a nodule on his lung and lymph nodes look infected...
Hi I was diagnosed with a Chromophoric tumour in my left kidney in June and now had that it is malignant confirmed. Partial removal is not an option so we are going for full and planning dates now as fortunately we have private cover However we had...
So I'm having a sigmoidoscopy and hopefully endoscopic Resection Wednesday. I'm so impressed with my treatment so far and how fast everything is moving. Got a call at work this morning and my letter and bowel prep was hear when I got home. Thankfully...
So I had my meeting with the collorectal consultant yesterday and the report today. T1 N0 polyp with high grade dysplasia. The plan is to try and remove it with an endoscopic mucosal Resection if this fails it's going to be a surgical resection. I'm only...
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