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Hi did you have intermittent blood in your urine like a period was it brown and red and after some days did it go away then return a month or two later then repeats ?
Hello, I have been on a roller coaster ride since February this year following my annual check up in December (or MOT as I like to call it) and where blood tests showed my egfr to have decreased again and was recalled for a follow up blood test in January...
Hi everybody. I’m a 72 yr old male who experienced kidney stones last June. Apparently there was a narrowing of the Ureter which stopped the stone passing and it was found to be Urothelial Carvinoma. The intention was then to remove the right kidney and...
Hi can anyone tell me if it’s possible to get an infection. My mum has started to have blood in her urine today and keeps feeling hot and feels really tired and keeps falling asleep. We called the doctor and he has prescribed some antibiotics which I...
Can anyone tell me how quick you started to feel better after immunotherapy started. My mum had her appointment with her oncologist today, they are still waiting on some test results to confirm what treatment they will give but spoke about Nivolumab and...
Hello, I’m new to this group. I was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2019 (found while being investigated for a different problem, which I’m told is not uncommon). I had a partial nephrectomy to my left kidney, and the tumour was removed successfully....
My husband despite having a fairly tricky time recovering from total nephrectomy op has now fully recovered some 3 months on. He has now been diagnosed with a small secondary in his right lung. The proposal from the oncologist with the approval of thoracic...
Just asking a question why do I have a lot of infection after my cancer kidney 4 and half years ago but iv had so many infections and felt very poorly it have been so unwell that iv had to give my job up which i have been doing for 26 years my body has...
Hello, I was diagnosed with kidney cancer that had metastasized to my lymph nodes in early 2025. Since then, I’ve been undergoing treatment with Pembrolizumab (immunotherapy) and Axitinib. The treatment has been effective—all the metastases have disappeared...
Hi I’m just wondering if anyone else struggles to eat? My mum is waiting on biopsy results from her lung for metastatic kidney cancer. In the last couple of weeks she has lost over a stone and is struggling to eat and when she does she gets a thick acid...
