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Kidney Cancer
Archives for November 2004
Discussion List
Mom diagnosed with Cancer on Thanksgiving
Hello there. I am very new to this site as well as to this topic. My mother went in for a CAT scan on the 23rd of November for a flank pain she was having. She had no other symptoms. The CAT discovered a 4 inch tumor on her kidney. The uroligist told her that he would not opperate as it was too big. And she has to wait…
pain
I had a left radical nephrectomy on Nov. 4th 2004.Stg.1 grade 3.When I left the hospital I refused pain meds as I had minimal pain at that time.Sat. I started hurting under my left breast.It hurts to take a deep breath, like a kniffe going through me.The doc sent me for a chest xray and it was negative.He said "narcotics"…
Stg IV RCC
I had my left Kidney removed in Dec 2002.The cancer had spread to T1 vertebra on my spine. My right arm and hand had become numb from the tumor.I was sent to MD Anderson for the spine surgery. They operated for 11 hours on my spine going in from the front through my chest and neck. Then 3 weeks later they did a 13 hour…
Agaricus - new sufferer seeks advice
My friend has just been diagnosed with Kidney cancer. It seems it has taken 5 months to reach this diagnosis and they are taking one kidney out in three - four weeks time. The earliest date available on our British National Health system. They could go private for the cost of $8,000 dollars and get it done two weeks…
Update surgery dec 7th
sorry I tried to start a new topic and for some reason it went in this post. And it wouldnt let me delete it. So sorry.
Renal Cell Questions
My father was diagnosed with Bilateral Kidney Cancer 9 years ago. He had a partial removal of both kidneys at that time. He recently began to have trouble with his spine. The doctors discovered that the Renal Cell Carcinoma has returned. It is in both kidneys, possibly both lungs, one rib, and on his spine. They just did…
Wilm's
My 2 yr 5 month old daughter was just diagnosed with bilateral Wilm's tumor on 10/15/04. I'm devastated! Could someone please send me a message with some inspiration? I cannot bear the thought of losing my little girl! Anne