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Hi everyone, I have kidney cancer that has spread to my liver and am on Cabozantinib with my first scan 3 months later coming up soon. So praying it has stabilised the cancer. In the meantime, I have a few side affects - most are manageable…. Sore feet...
Hi All I’m new to the group but been reading the forum for a little while just never posted. My husband had a partial neprectomy on his right kidney 7 days ago. We found out his left kidney is reduced in size possibly due to being very premature and...
Hi. I've just been diagnosed with Kidney Cancer from an Ultrasound scan. My mind is running riot and I'm not sleeping. I have a CT scan booked for Tues 29th to find the extent of the disease. I have a 4cm cyst on the lower lobe whic is discribed a suspicious...
Hello All, I was wondering if you could share or advise about what to consider for discharge. I had my radical nephrectoy 7days back, and slowly gaining strength in hospital. Clips are still on. And the pain is sometimes quite uncomfortable but...
Hi ALL , NOT BEEN ON FOR A FEW WEEKS , GOT SOME NEWS AFTER MY BIOPSY 11 DAYS AGO , WENT TO SEE MY ONCOLOGIST LAST WEEK AND YESTERDAY , THEY THOUGHT IT WAS BOG STANDARD KIDNEY CANCER , BUT MY ONCOLOGIST YESTERDAY REFERRED ME TO A ADRENAL SPECIALIST WHOM...
After 8 months of taking Pazopanib had some good news this week, after recent scan my lung tumours have shrunk a small amount. After having my left kidney removed last August and being told then everything okay it was a shock in April after scan to...
Hi all, I was hoping to get some advice please? I had a partial nephrectomy in early May this year, followed 2 weeks later by emergency surgery for internal bleeding. All was sorted and my team at the UHNM in Staffordshire were great. Over the last...
Hi all had my successful surgery Monday morning and now recovering at home having left the hospital at 6.30pm Wednesday afternoon, still feeling very tender on my stomach! My surgery was successful with no complications although I was not quite with after...
Hi all Not the best time to post but a quick update there has been movement in the main area left, so hopefully the presence of movement and a poo means that everything’s is working as expected ! So really good news
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