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Hi all, Does anyone have experience of Bench Surgery? Sorry to bother you with this but there doesn't seem to be much information out there on it. It sounds like a pretty dramatic procedure and I wondered how long it takes to get over it? Just to...
Hi, I'm a 29 year old male. For the past few months I have been getting pain in my stomach but especially my side and back. I was also struggling to urinate so went to doctors who done a urine test and gave me cocodomol/tramadol for the pain. My urine...
Hi everyone I'm new here, Feb 13th I had an ultrasound on my liver, Feb 14th I had a telephone call from my GP saying my liver was fine but they had found a tumour in my kidney which he says is cancer (I was confused how they would know this without...
Hi, I am new to the group and appreciate everyone is different but I had a call last Thursday that after a routine scan on my liver an abnormality was showing in my kidney. They have said it is small and I have to go for a chest scan to make sure it has...
Hiya I'm new here, and I hope you all don't think me being over the top and being silly. After a few years of investigation into pain in my right side related to my stomach and liver, I was sent for another MRI scan, so October last year I was asked...
Hi, I've recently been told I have a 3.4cm soft tissue mass/tumour on my right kidney. I've been told not to worry and, since it was discovered incidentally, they will scan it in a couple of months and monitor it. It's impossible not to worry, especially...
Hello everyone, just popping in to say hi to all, and have recently joined the roller coaster journey we have all found ourselves on. I have a bit of reading to do, to catch up on what to possibly expect and by the looks of it, some very good advice....
in January 2023 I was told my kidney tumour is 3.5cm by my urologists and that tumour remains stable and has not changed size in the 12 months since first diagnoses.I was sure used to be bigger but accepted his word. When I got home I checked the letters...
Ct scan July 22 picked up tumours in breast, lung and kidney. Seen and biopsied breast within 2 weeks. Unfortunately malignant with node involvement. Lung tumour eventually removed and found to ve benign in November (best birthday present possible ...
My husband was diagnosed six years ago, kidney removal no treatment but a year later spread to his lungs which since then has remained dormant. Last CT scan showed it had started to Grow again. Anyone had this happen please and does it still grow slowly...
