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Hi I've just joined. I wasn't sure whether to because I dint want to be focusing on my illness all the time but having looked, I can see there's some useful info and it would be nice to get some support and hopefully give some too at some point!
Hi all i am 32 year old woman who had a shock diagnosis of kidney cancer and had my radical nephrectomy may 2022. Thankfully i still have the all clear but just looking for some help or someone to talk to. Year down the line i still have very bad fatigue...
Dear All My wife was diagnosed in March 2022 - she had her latest Ct scan a week or so ago, and this was followed up by a call from her oncologist. He told her that it showed no change and added that it showed that her treatment is working. Of course...
I have my post op appointment re my partial nephrectomy on Wednesday with the kidney/urology team, but today I also received an appointment for the same day with Medical Oncology, is this normal practice, my tumour was T1b grade 3? Do the oncology team...
Hello to my KC family . This is my story. My kidney tumour was discovered accidentally I was being scanned for gallbladder trouble(I thought). My kidney was removed 9 weeks ago. I was expecting that to be the end of it so I was shocked to find out that...
I’ve been on Macmillan for a few years now, but apart from initial contact with the nurses, not been in touch. My story? About 2010 I was hit with a triple whammy of skin cancer, prostate cancer and then kidney cancer. Well, the skin thing is a continuing...
Hi Folks My husband has stage 4 renal cancer, 13 cm tumour removed by open radical neph 12 days ago. His recovery has been really tough so far. Out of hospital within 2 days, pain been bad and difficult to control. Appetite almost nil with half a stone...
Hello all, I've just been diagnosed with a 7cm Tumour on my right kidney. Having read some of the threads my story is very similar to many of your stories. The tumour was found accidentally during a lung CT scan, my lungs were clear thank goodness...
Hi I'm new here . Have just started immunotherapy 2 weeks ago and wondering what experiences others have on adjuvant pembrolizumab. I've had my left kidney removed in Sept as I was diagnosed with papillary renal cell carcinoma with sarcomatoid. And apparently...
I was told I had kidney cancer in Friday and have been revered to a hospital in london, What can I expect to happen next. The not knowing is making me feel anxious
