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I received a letter for an appointment for ct scan . I had surgery on 11 july and scan in 24 july Its that usual or they found something worrying about me???
Hi everyone - I hope it’s ok to post here as I haven’t received a diagnosis as of yet. I’m very nervous about the journey ahead. I’ll share a bit of my story and hope that somebody with a similar experience can offer me some hope. Mass on left kidney...
Dear reader, I'm new here, so I thought I would share a little bit about my journey so far. A number of week ago, I was referred to a consultant cardiologist by my GP. For a number of months, I had been on medication to lower my blood pressure. At...
Just thought I'd post an update, possibly to help others that are going through what I have been through. I'll write this in a cut down form to help make it short: Diagnosed with Papillary renal cancer end Feb - 4 cm Quickly one month later had...
My name is Mandy. here as my ex husband who is 54. After a hospital admission for heart failure. An incidental finding of a kidney mass of 20cm. Which more than likely cancer no official diagnosis yet. I’m looking for tips on how to help him deal with...
Hello all, I had a partial nethrectomy on my right kidney a week ago, and I am currently recovering at home. Just thought I would ask if anyone experienced nausea after surgery? I am still getting it 1 week on and it's driving me mad. Thank you.
My husband had his first immunotherapy treatment 11 days ago, side effects started 4 days after treatment, aches and leg pains started and no appetite, then started to be snappy and delirious when sleeping, I rang the Oncology alert phone number and was...
My Oncologist told me they had no idea why, so in case other doctors have told you the same thing, here is a 2015 article explaining why: Title: Signal identified that prompts one kidney to grow larger when the other is lost Date: May 27, 2015...
I am having a partial nephrectomy on Thursday. It seems like a long journey from the CT colonoscopy and then two further CT scans to identify the kidney masses. The waits between the appointments seem so long. My phone has been on ‘ring’ all the time...
Hi everyone, I had been stalking this forum for a few weeks before making an account a couple of days ago and finally making my first post. I turned 30 years old on the 3rd April. I'll have been married for 5 years this Halloween. I have a 12yo son...
