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Hi All, just had a lovely shower, washed my hair (I have very long hair ) I was /or felt that I was smelly! I'm sure I wasn't smelly as my lovely husband for sure would have pointed it out if I was. Please tell me why a 10 minute shower routine has taken...
It has been a strange year....but here I am...I have made my 64th birthday. I know I have a difficult year ahead now my kidney cancer has spread. But I have been thoroughly pampered and spoiled over the christmas period by my wonder husband and grown...
Hi I’ve recently found out I have a large kidney on my tumour. They have also found areas for concern in three places of bones plus the lymph node next to my kidney has similar characteristics to the tumour and is also large. I’ve since had a further...
Hi, I live on my own and am feeling really down. I suppose the time of year doesn't help! I try to get out for a walk every day but just feel so tired. Have been told my partial nephrectomy and gall bladder removal will be in January but haven't got a...
My husband died suddenly and unexpectedly after he collapsed. The post mortem said that he died of a large saddle pulmonary embolism and kidney cancer which was in both kidneys. One being 12 cm and the other 4 cm. Both had breach the capsule. This was...
Hiya just popping in to say hello. I was diagnosed last christmas with kidney cancer and February I had full nephrectomy, with removal of nearby lymph, which was compromised. To cope with my initial diagnosis I called my cancer Rufus and Lydia. This...
Newbie here in relation to kidney. Was discovered after having breast cancer and has been monitored since. I get by putting 'it' in a locked cupboard and dealing with it when I have appointments and what have you.But I have to unlock that cupboard...
Hi I was diagnosed with stage 4 RCC in Sept 2023. I had a 10cm tumour on my kidney and 4 mets in my lungs it was found by chance and I didn’t have any real symptoms. I was 48 at the time and I have two teenage children. I went in for a full nephrectomy...
Hi, just wondering if anyone has had kidney cancer spread to the bones and what symptoms, if any, they had? I am waiting for a partial nephrectomy but am suffering with pain which feels like it is in my upper thigh bone. Once my kidney cancer was...
Hi In September My GP found hidden blood in my urine as part of routine tests, I was originally referred to a women’s hospital for gynae tests but when they came back clear I was referred to the urology dept of another hospital. This was on the two...
