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Last ct scan I got results in my NHS account and and instead of hospital appointment I got only a phone call whit nurse. Now I had my ct scan and nothing in my NHS account. I had my hospital appointment on Thursday this week. I wander if it’s something...
Hello all ️ I was told 3rd September that I had kidney cancer I have a 5cm mass and looking like a stage 3. This was picked up on an unrelated CT scan which wasn’t picked up in and earlier ultrasound scan. I’m now waiting for another CT to see if this...
Hi there, found out October last year had a mass on kidney, no symptoms. Went to hospital thinking I had an ovarian cyst. Dec kidney was removed and March found out was t3a chromophobe. They say its all gone so no treatment but this wait for my ct scan...
Hi I had a nephrectomy 9 weeks ago and have been told the tumour attached to my left kidney was a 9 cm chromophobe renal cell carcinoma. Fortunately it had only spread into fat and they are happy that the margins are clear . I have been told no further...
Hiya everyone, I'm AuntieTJ82 and I'm new here. I found out a couple of weeks ago that my eldest cousin on my mum's side of my family has been diagnosed with kidney cancer which has spread to his spine. He's only 45 (he's just over 2 years older than...
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Hi I went on holiday the end of July and during this holiday I had pain in a stomach hernia I had so I went to the local hospital. They scanned me to make sure there was no blockages and then shocked us with the news I a large mass on my left kidney....
On the 19th of August I had the results of my first scan since cancer treatment started. The main tumour on my kidney has reduced. Spots on my spleen have almost gone. There is a minute lesion on the lung thought to be benign. I also had a CT scan to...
My husband was diagnosed with ureter cancer in May 2024. We were told it was terminal. He was fitted with a nephrectomy in the left kidney, They couldn't do surgery because he wouldn't survive it and chemo wasn't an option either. Since his diagnosis...
Having gone through a really tough time this year, namely the cancer diagnosis of Larry the Lump, then losing my partner's mum, and subsequently him losing his job, I would have thought that's where the bad luck ended. Fast forward a few months, and having...
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