Hi Everyone, My husband is just starting on his journey with Kidney cancer and I'm trying to understand not only his diagnosis and treatment but how I can help him. He is 63 and has always been relatively fit and healthy just suffering with High Blood...
Hi, I am new here and just wondering is anyone else with the same type of cancer here. I found some mass inside of my right side last October. I had a right open radical nephrectomy in February, The hystology result came back in May (15 weeks after...
Hi I have just been diagnosed with a cancerous kidney tumor and have to have the right kidney removed. Obviously been a very anxious time as have been waiting 3 weeks for initial CT results. Now waiting to be transferred to a different hospital for further...
I'm due to have a radical nephrectomy on Wednesday, I'm very anxious as it's a 16cm cancerous tumour, which doesn't appear ro have travelled anywhere! I haven't been told too much other than I might loose my spleen also and all the other issues of course...
Hi I’m a 51 year old lady with terminal renal cell carcinoma and have metastic tumours in my duodenum , my stomach and lymph nodes and possibly my liver. I had renal call 20 years ago and a radical nephrectomy. I’m on immunotherapy lenvatinib then start...
I had a nephrectomy 8 weeks ago and I’m still having to get up two or three times in the night to go to the loo. Before the op I never needed to get up. I can’t really understand why having one kidney should make a difference. I stop drinking at 6.00pm...
Good Morning I had a nephrectomy on 12tth June for suspected kidney cancer all went well. I was told I would receive a consultation in 3 weeks. I chased this up and was told it would be a telephone consultation, if I wanted a face to face it would...
Hi all my tumour was totally out of the blue in may my partner had noticed blood in the loo during the night from myself so I went to the docs..after scans,tests more scans they found something on my right kidney turned out to be a 16 cm tumour weighing...
My mass was accidently found during a cscan after I reported pressure in my chest.. The mass was so large laproscopic wasn't an option. My surgery was February 14, 2023. I remained in the hospital until the 18th. I slept on my back for 3 days then laid...
Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with kidney cancer last week, originally a substantial tumour was found on my left kidney by an ultrasound scan found on 14th June! I had a CT scan on the 25th June and the results on 26th June it has been a shock! I have...
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