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Hi my husband has had his first treatment of ipi/niv for secondary kidney cancer. After initially feeling ok the side effects have hit him like a ton of bricks. It's effecting his bowels causing pain and diarrhoea and due to this he's not managing to...
Hi everyone, I was meant to go for my pre op yesterday as I am due my operation on April 28th. I woke up yesterday morning feeling unwell and so did a covid test which was positive. Whilst air was a bit concerned that I was going to have to rearrange...
Hi, my husband is getting himself into a state because he was told by his oncologist he had two years to live. It’s now past that time and he can not understand why he is still here. We(his family and friends). Keep telling him not to think about that...
Hi Becks here! I had a diagnosis of kidney cancer on 3rd of February. I was told I would have a two to three week wait for a radical nephrectomy, adrenal gland and lymph nodes removal. Its nearly ten weeks on and still no sign of impending surgery....
Hi My Dad has just been diagnosed with Kidney cancer and it has spread to his lungs. He is struggling to eat anything and drinks very little. Does anyone have any advice I can use to encourage him to eat? I am unsure whether the cancer or anxiety are...
My husband was diagnosed with Kidney Cancer 2.5 years ago, had the kidney removed and started on Sunitinib 6 months ago. He is currently in hospital after the tumors that had grown in his lung have continued growing and have caused a total pleural effusion...
Hello all I've recently been diagnosed with a 37mm lesion on my kidney which was picked up on a MRI scan I had done for recent issues with my Crohns disease - 30 yrs and counting. I had CT scan last week and the consultant has said its graded Bosniack...
Hi everyone I am waiting to have my left kidney removed but am being investigated first for vomiting all the time I can’t eat anything without being sick I feel so I’ll and have lost 3 stone in weight I am very anxious as I am thinking the cancer has...
Hello Everyone This is my first post to this group. My husband, Dell, has just been diagnosed with Stage 4 kidney cancer. He has a 8x9cm tumour on the kidney and scans have shown it’s spread to the lymph, adrenal, liver, lungs and spine. It has been...
Hello have been on 40mg cabozantinib now starting my fourth year on this treatment and was wondering how other patients was coping was side effects wish all well
