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I have been fighting 5 years clear for 3 of them and now the translocation kidney cancer is back I am so distressed like I was plodding along with my life and bang hit me like a train wreck my head is spinning the cancer as spread to my lymph nodes withing...
After 5 months so far on immunotherapy and Axitinib my husband is much better and is in talks with his employers about returning to work. His treatment is ongoing and he is experiencing the usual side effects but is coping well with them on the whole...
Hi, Firstly I know negligence is not a comfortable subject and many of you may have had great treatment from the get go. If so , please don't feel the need to criticise because I am one angry person and I am not finding huge support. I won't bore you...
Hi sorry if this is not the right forum, my mum has just been diagnosed with kidney cancer and is due an op, was meant to be next month but they have brought it forward to Wednesday., I live away from her and she needs to isolate after covid test this...
Hi. I have this treatment for stage 4 kidney cancer and hoped to find someone else going through the same? I know the NHS in England & Wales haven't given the go-ahead for this as it's too expensive so what do all of you have instead?
Hello, My dad was diagnosed with kidney cancer yesterday afternoon and I think I'm just looking for some sort of support and idea of what to expect now. They say it's contained to one kidney but the mass is very large so the whole thing will come...
I’m am so scared, even typing now I’m sat here crying, writing and talking about it makes it too real. It’s all happened so fast and feel like I’m being swept along a on a huge wave that I have no control over. This is such a shock cos I just thought...
Does anyone else think 4 1/2 weeks is acceptable to have results of my husbands latest scan.? I’m sure the anxiety and stress does not help coping with everyday problems. He now has monthly phone call s from his oncology nurse but we feel we are being...
Diagnosed at the end of 2020 and met my oncologists at 5pm on New Year's Eve! One kidney has an 18cm tumour and there are tumours in my lungs and lymph nodes. I have a tumour in my skull and a tiny one in the pelvis. I have immunotherapy (Pembromizulab...
Hi All Has anyone got any advice or tips on how to treat a sore mouth which is a side effect of my husbands Cancer treatment. He is on immunotherapy and Axitinib, not sure which of these is giving him the sore mouth. He can’t stand hot food or drinks...
