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Just seen my Oncologist to find out what treatment he recommends for my Kidney cancer that has now gone into my lungs. He recommended Pazopanib to start with to see how the cancer now in my lungs responds to this. He has told me all the side effects...
I started treatment in December: immunotherapy fortnightly and Axitinib 5mg twice daily. No problems for the first month but then my skin started itching on my back, arms, shoulders and abdomen all the time except when I’m asleep. The cancer centre have...
Hi my name is Gill but my member name is “walksalone” I am very interested in the ancient North American Indians which is where this name comes from! My story is like many I had a few symptoms abdominal pain loss of appetite fatigue which led to me having...
Hi only a few weeks ago I went for a scan on my bowel which turned out to be fine. But they had noticed something wrong with one of my kidneys. I was surprised as I had no symptoms at all. I saw the urologist and he showed me a tumour over my kidney 5...
My husband has just been diagnosed with kidney cancer having had 3 weeks of investigations for lymphoma. He has gone downhill rapidly and is not managing to eat much, and from being an active 66 year old now has trouble walking around the house. He is...
my husband is seeking some help/guidance from others who may have gone through difficult decision process Does anyone know of anyone who has it in a tricky spot within the kidney if so did you have total nephrectomy ? medial border is unclear which...
Hi everyone Thank you for allowing me to join this group i have recently been diagnosed with renal cancer and am waiting for surgery to remove my kidney also because my other kidney is not good I will have to go straight onto dialysis I am really...
Wife went for a colon CT at beg March and we found out last week she has cancer on a kidney. No appointment with urologist yet but will chase tomorrow. GP read the CT report over the phone as the letter from the hospital had got lost. Tumour appears...
I had an open radical right kidney and partial bladder removal two weeks ago. I had my catheter out yesterday, yay. I have been advised not to cycle or swim for three months I am nervous about how much to move. I have started gentle walking now the catheter...
Hi My husband was diagnosed in 2014 with renal cancer, it should have been straight forward keyhole surgery, but by the time they got to it it was in his lymph nodes... however this is now 2021 and he is still here.. he has treatment every month and...
