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Cancer in both kidneys
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Jul 04, 2011 - 7:44 pm
I was diagnosed 5 weeks ago with a complex cyst about 7cm on my right kidney, 95% chance it is cancer. Have a tumor on my left kidney also 95% cancer. In 3 weeks I am having surgery on right kidney with cyst that covers the center of right kidney. Doctor says I will have dog ears after cyst is removed and he will try to fuse the pieces together. After I recover, 6to8 weeks, I will have surgery to remove the tumor in left kidney. Has anyone out there had anything like this? I am concerned that it has taken so long for me to have surgery. I also have had hip pain in my right hip for about 4 mo. |
Joined: Jan 2010
Dear cindiboy,
Its nice to see that you still can smile with such a tough diagnosis. Each of your surgeries is enough by itself. Most of us have gone thru only one. Hopefully with the recent advancements in RCC surgery they will be able to take care of both with only minimal problems. When I started my journey 9 years ago they were not doing partials or some of the newer procedures where only the tumor is removed such as cyro and RFA. If you haven't had a second opinion get one. Not that the diagnosis will change, but with such a unique diagnosis you should have the benefit of more than one doctor's opinion. As for the hip pain it very well may go away after the surgery. Mine did.
Best wishes,
Icemantoo
Joined: Jan 2011
The fact that your doc wants to piece the two sides of the kidney back together suggests that he or she is probably planning on an open surgical procedure -- at least on that one. But I would be interested to hear alternatives. Can they cryoablate the tumor? What about the one on the other kidney? Can the second surgery be done laprosco