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Kidney Cancer
Archives for February 2009
Discussion List
I have just been Diagnosed with Stage 1 of RCC
I will be 65 years old in April.I was diagnosed last week with stage 1 of RCC on my right kidney.It was found by accident in the ER scanning for another possable problem when I went in with a high fever and I was Immediately scheduled for an IPV CT. The IPV CT revealed a 2cm tumor INSIDE the kidney. My Urology Doctor is…
prior symptom - polycythemia vera
Prior to being diagnosed with RCC by the rupture of a primary tumor, I was diagnosed with idiopathic polycythemia vera. It turns out that my primary tumor was making an erythropoietin loke substance that functioned in the same manner but was not specific enough to be picked up on the lab assay. I was wondering if anyone…
surgery on the 2/26/09
Hello everyone, My husband was just told he has RCC a 10 cin tumor that may have spread to lungs (in the chest x ray they saw swollen lympnodes) we are scared to death. I also just lost my job so there is a lot of stress. My sister had her kidney removed 8 years ago and she is doing fine today! Please say a prayer for my…
Toricel - side effects
I have been on Toricel quite awhile and have many good things to say about it - mostly because for me it is working. My question is about side -effects (hey if its got them- I get them) My major ones now are diabetes, swelling, and minor skin rash (you can throw in fatigue but not much you can do there) I am currently on…
Nexavar treatments
My husband is one month into a 12-month regimen of targeted therapy of Nexavar for renal cell carcinoma. He has had many side effects already, some of the quite severe. What can we expect over the next year?
Wilms tumor 1973 late effects
I had my left kedney removed in 1974 at 18 months, the cancer spred to my righ lung, part of my righ main artirie, and then to my brain. All these surgeries were done before the age of 5. Recently I have noticed that my memory is fading. I forget everyday things, or even people I recently met and spoken to in depth. I…
Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma- Anyone Experiencing This or is a Survivor?
Hi, In 2007, my mom tried her hardest to find out the cause for her lower back pain and leg weakness, and after a long run-around and missed diagnosis by her Primary Care doctor, she finally was diagnosed by a urologist with Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma in her right kidney, which had been there for quite a while. As if…