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Afternoon, my dad was recently diagnosed with kidney cancer and he is really struggling with nausea and how “disgusting” most food now tastes. Does anyone have experience of this and any advice on how he can deal with it? He is eating less and less and...
Thankyou for your kind messages . I had my kidney out today and was in theatre from 915 to 230 apparently. I am now on ward and at the moment have experienced no pain at all but I’m sure that will change feel ok
Sorry been quiet on here as after my opp and a immune therapy trial drug for a year it was all ok. Before I waved goodbye to my kidney I was told I have lung nodules but they were only 5mm. I think you know where this is going. Since the summer they...
Morning all, I had an appointment with urology yesterday (13th March) they confirmed I had cancer. Chronophobe they told me which is the second most common cancer, but they also told me when they removed my kidney everything was removed. So clinically...
I spoke to my nurse for the first time today and I have my Op on the 20 th march . She told me I had jumped the queue as my tumour is 14 cm and needs to be taken out ASAP . My tumour is still confined but pushing in the wall of the kidney . She also told...
Next Tuesday (20/2/24) is surgery day, radical nephrectomy of my right kidney and it’s 5cm passenger. The ridiculous overthinking and head going through things at 100mph has started. It’s very odd to feel totally fine but be going for surgery. Until...
Hi I have been very fortunate as I have passed five years since my partial nephrectomy remaining cancer free. However, recently I have been experiencing an aching, sometimes sharp pain in the side where the op was. I spoke to my CNS nurse and she arranged...
Hello, I’m new to this group and only 9 months in to my cancer journey. I was diagnosed last April with stage 4 cancer but after removal of a kidney and six months of combination therapy I’m doing very well, staying very active and all signs of cancer...
Hi all, new to all this. Diagnosed with TCC last week. Having my left kidney and the tube to the bladder out soon. The CT scan also picked up a cyst on my ovaries, so I'm having them and tubes out at the same time. Luckily that department is cancer free...
A year today since I was told I’d got a Bosniak 4 cyst on my kidney measuring 18 centimetres- a year on and my left kidney and the cyst, which were both cancerous, have been removed and I’m more or less back to full strength. I thought I’d just post something...
