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I'm post-op three and a half weeks, and have a problem with one of my incisions from partial nephrectomy. I had to go to the local minor injuries unit as it was so painful. The nurse pulled out a stitch which hadn't dissolved, and the wound site is still...
Firstly, I'm not quite sure what fatigue actually is. I have read it's different from normal tiredness but I don't think I've ever had it. I have read throughout that after surgery, I will feel tired or even have fatigue, because my body is repairing...
Hi. I had a nephrouretectomy 7 weeks ago. Was finally feeling less pain, soreness and swelling last week and quite happy but now I have a heavy swollen feeling in my lower abdomen on the operated side and soreness returning. And very tired indeed. There...
Hi, My dad was diagnosed with a very large kidney tumour. He underwent an open radical nephrectomy last week where they had found it had unfortunately spread out the kidney into the stomach wall. Fast forward another week my dad had been having problems...
Good morning, I hope you can help me. My father had blood in his urine back in January so had a cystoscopy (-all clear) and then a ct scan. We waited 8 weeks for the results - so thought, wrongly, that he must be ok, only to be told on Monday at an...
Hi, my husband,52, had a CT for a lump on his thyroid, turned out to be a large goitre which they need to remove. During the CT They discovered 2 large cysts on his kidney, one the consultant has told us looks malignant and they want to remove the whole...
Hi, I'm waiting to hear from the hospital about a date for doing my partial nephrectomy and cholecystectomy. How long have you waited between diagnosis and surgery?
Hey everyone , I'm new here just thought I'd share my story, it started around mid December I was having lots of different things going on, stomach bloating, pains, black stools, really bad night sweats, went the docs everything was clear, bloods, stool...
Had a robotic partial nephrectomy on Tuesday, surgery went well but was in theatre for four hours due to the tumour being in a difficult place and being very near my renal vein. I've never felt pain like it, I have five incisions and one of those had...
Hello everyone,** My name is Halil, and I’m 51 years old. I living in Belgium I’m joining this community to share my journey with kidney cancer and find support. Here’s a summary of my story: - **2010:** First kidney cancer diagnosis—clear cell...
