Hi everyone and thankyou for your honesty. I have been tentatively reading your posts whilst navigating, what's been an eventful few weeks. I had a colonoscopy 03/06/23 and was told at the time they found a 1cm polyp. They took 3xbiopsies and booked...
Thank you to all the people who post on this forum, i've been lurking for a few weeks and thought it was time for me to say hello. I'm 63 and live in Scotland. In spring 2022 I had a great time walking a 1,000km walk in Spain, finishing in early June...
hi I came to the hospital on Monday thinking in had had a stroke. Was told.it was secondary cancer in my brain from my kidneys. This time last week I was a normal bloke living a happy life with my beautiful wife and now my world.has fallen apart.
Hi I had a kidney removed 3 weeks ago, still have no appetite,stil feel nauseous, have back pain , dizziness and very tired. Hope this is normal, has anyone else had these symtoms after 3 weeks?......I thought things would improve by now.
HI EVERYONE I RECENTLY GOT DIAGNOSED WITH LEFT KIDNEY CANCER AND HAD IT REMOVED LAST TUESDAY,ANYONE IVE SPOKEN TO SEEM AS IN THE DARK AS ME, IT WOULD NE NICE TO KNOW WHATS NEXT, OR NOW IVE HAD KIDNEY REMOVED IS THAT IT? JUST FOLLOW UP APPOINTMENTS TO...
18 months ago I had a renal cell carcinoma removed with a third of my kidney. I have had a check up scan since and heard nothing so foolishly googled survival rates and was shocked to read I only have a 56% chance of making 5 years clear of cancer. This...
Hi, I had a radical nephrectomy last November and have recently been given a CT scan which showed I am clear of any spread etc , whist this is great news I'm really struggling with fatigue! Is this normal after 8 months, anyone had a similar experience...
I’ve just gone through breast cancer treatment and during a CT scan they found a massive 9cm kidney tumour and I don’t know whether it’s cancer yet. CT scan showed nothing else outside of the kidney but they described it as “massive”. I’m now back in...
Hello I am new here. Eight days ago my Mum received a diagnosis of incurable kidney cancer. She had been under the urologists at a local hospital for four years for suspected kidney stones. She was asymptomatic and they were found when having investigations...
Hi all, My husband was diagnosed with renal cancer in Feb and his tumour has grown in his VC vein. At the moment he is having immunotherapy and anti cancer drugs With possible surgery in the autumn. I miss him (he's here but life is so different in...
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