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Hi all, I've had a whirlwind few weeks. I had a routine ultrasound on 9/10 as I have diabetes and the doctor was concerned about liver disease, so I was sent for that. On 15/10 I had a call from hospital asking me to go for a CT scan that very day. So...
Hi I discovered I had kidney cancer in my right kidney my left kidney stopped working due to numerous procedures.i had a nephrectomy removing two Quarters of my left kidney. Still trying to recover a year later. I m confused fed up and feeling uninformed...
Hello, I've had a bad 4 years with repeated sepsis (and organ failure with it last year) so am very lucky to be alive anyway. After the organ failure I felt unwell for ages, but, got better. I had awful pain in my hip/thigh (doc n ot interested) then...
I’m booked in for partial nephrectomy on Sunday and trying to make sure I’m prepared for the aftermath. On various people’s advice, I’ve started taking Arnica tablets and I’ve bought peppermint oil capsules, bio oil and arnica cream. I’ve got pain killers...
Had upper urethral cancer November 2023 today I had cystoscopy was told there were 2 tumors in the bladder , I had chemotherapy gem carbo after surgery, has anyone on here had this and what was prognosis
Hi everyone,I don't know where to start but here goes,my husband was suffering with anemia for about a year before doctor finally sent him for a scan,that was 15th August this year,he had scan at 8am and by midday he had a phone call to say it was cancer...
Hubby 56 yrs fairly fit and doing really well after he had radical Right kidney nephrcetomy and large RCC removed -about 16 days ago G3T3 leibovich score 6 we have appt tomorrow regarding immunotherapy and just wondered about any serious side effects...
Hi everyone, I've been feeling ill for months but only went to my doctor about 3 weeks ago. I expected diabetes due to my symptoms. It's a long story but I ended up in hospital after a few days having a chest X-Ray and 2 CT scans. Turns out I have...
Ive recently been told i have a fair sized mass on my kidney they seem pretty certain its cancer, ive been having blood in my stools for a few years and was always told it was nothing to worry about, but lately its been getting worse, i will be contacting...
Hi I had a scan at the beginning of the month and had my follow up today. I was told that I have a tumour greater than 7cm and have been advised that the best course of action is to have my whole kidney removed 1) because of the size and 2) because of...
