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Hi all, been a while but I've come back to do an update, hope everyones doing well. Its been 6 months since my op, i had my first scan a few weeks ago, they brought it forward as i was experiencing pain in my side, but everything is clear and there...
Hi I have had Cancer for 2 years, I had a Radical Nephrectomy in 2023, with ongoing CT Scans and further Lymph Node removal. However I have 2 small lesions on my lung. But still no mention of any therapy, is this normal or should I be worried. I’m scared...
My mum has now been put on palliative care, she was only diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer in may, such a shock to everyone, we seen the oncology just on Friday & they decided not to treat her, as treatment could actually shorter her life, we haven...
I posted awhile ago but did not hear from anyone. Start my immotherapy on the 27th for a year every two weeks. I was wondering who went through this and the results you got. ANYONE?
Hi D Day tmrw (Diagnosis Day!!!!) Been a long time coming since March been discharged & recalled since then! Have coped absolutely amazingly well (tooting my own horn here!!!) Have Bi Polar, Fibromyalgia, Osteoarthritis, Endometriosis, Irritatable Bowl...
Hi all, I've not been on here for a while, but I feel I am really struggling - everything I do seems such a chore, and I end up having a major meltdown. Today I had to drive the car home, where my partner had parked it up. I literally had the biggest...
Hi, Having an interesting time. I attended a consult at the Royal Free, where I saw a consultant from the RF and a radiology consultant from UCH. The upshot was that the consultant from UCH wanted to do a biopsy followed by an ablation, or sabr radiotherapy...
Hi All, I am nearly half way through my treatment having had radiotherapy followed by immunotherapy (nivolumab) and cabozantinib and wondered if anyone on the site has gone through this? My main side effects apart from fatigue have been stomach...
Hello there. It’s nearly a year since I had a short notice (4 weeks) partial nephrectomy. The two big things I’m having to deal with are depression and a different tolerance for exercise, as well as issues with low energy. Firstly with depression...
Has anyone been told their GP is going to get the macmillian nurse to come in & nothing has been sorted
