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Hello everyone, I've just joined today and so I hope I'm posting in the right place now. My dad has been diagnosed with kidney cancer, thankfully incredibly early and it hasn't spread. Within diagnosis to treatment he has been operated on really quickly...
Hi everyone I am having a radical Nephrectomy on 17th July, robot assisted. I have a 6.4 cm tumour on my right kidney which was found purely by chance 6 weeks ago, I was hoping to have a partial nephrectomy but after the MDT meeting because of the size...
Hi there, I'm a newbie. I'm a 40 yo diagnosed with RCC just over a month ago. It was found by chance. Thankfully they've caught it early. I'm having a radical nephrectomy (left) at the Churchill in Oxford in a few days. I would love to hear some positive...
Hi everyone Looking for some advice. Got informed in March of a tumour on my right kidney as an incidental finding. Fortunately it looks like it has been caught early (3cm). I have been told that I could have either a robotic laparoscopy or open surgery...
So I thought it would be good start for me to say hello and tell you about my story so far. At the end of May after experience some blood (only once) in my urine, I spoke to a urologist and had a number of tests which showed a tumour on my right kidney...
Morning everyone. Brilliant to wake up in my bed, with the blue sky, sun and sports field. My ward was non-sky friendly. Mobility slowly slowly returning but no marathons Just update my current treatment. The metal stent is inserted between liver and...
My partner was told he has kidney cancer which has spread to his spine and ribs. He has lost the feeling of his right shoulder. This was in June and was given pain relief and 5 sessions of radiotherspy to his shoulder. We have our fist meeting on tuesday...
I'm trying to help my wife who has been diagnosed Stage 3/4 Kidney cancer which has spread. She has been put on a course of Ipilmumab and Nivollumab which seems to offer the best way to manage her tumour. My question related to the choices on offer for...
I've just got my next CT scan appointment through. I started off having these at a larger hospital 20-30 mins drive away, with challenging parking. But the last one was at my local hospital 4 mins drive away with plentiful parking . Well, the local...
Hi my name is Philip. I have no family or children, and I think the hardest part of all this was the worry of who was going to look after my sausage dog whilst I was in hospital. His name is Otto and is totally blind and diabetic 1 who needs insulin...
