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Recovering from radical nephrectomy
I had a radical nephrectomy on May 06, 2009. I had renal cell carcinoma on my right kidney. The tumor was 7cm. My body is still not back to normal and I feel like I should be doing a little better than I am. I still find it very difficult to wear pants. I also feel like a lot of people think well she had the surgery to…
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Minimally Complex Renal Cyst in rt Kidney
OK, I am a 41 yr old Male and have had a minimally complex (Bosniak IIF) cyst measuring 3.0 cm in my right kidney that was discovered in July 2003. Dr.'s have monitored it with Ultrasound and CT scans over the last 6 years, but this past year, it increased in size to 4.0 cm. Three urologists at Barnes-Jewish hospital in…
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lost ,confused ,just need some one to talk to
Help 13 weeks ago my huspand was being treated for kindney stones he started hurting so bad I took him to emergency room. They diagnosed him with renal carcenomia , stage 4 It has already moved to his lungs and in his back they said there was no hope gave him months to live the drs called hospice in . they just gave up on…
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41 yr old Male 4cm Left Kidney cancer found on incidental ct scan - anyone like me out there?
Hello, I am a 41 year old male who is in good physical shape with no history of cancer. I do not smoke or drink often and have no history of high blood pressure or diabetes. I was having intermittent indigestion from what I thought were certain foods that didn't agree with me. I finally was convinced by my wife to go to…
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transitional cell carcinoma
Hi Everyone, My dad has transitional cell cancer which is very rare and uncurable but he is recieving treatment to give comfort. This is so new to us and we get very little info from the doc. His newest treatments has been chemo 2 wks on and 1 off. That has seemed to benefit him a lot rather than 1 every 3 weeks. Now he…
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Kidney Cancer.
My Mom passed away recently. I was in so desperatedly hurt. At the begining, she felt pain in her lower back, occasionally,she has a drop of blood in her urine. They did an Ultrasound on her, and it came back that a stone in her right kidney, no mass. The urologist didnot believe in that hospital, he has my mom do another…
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After Torisel
My husband has Stage 4 kidney cancer. Had his right kidney out three years ago. A year later they spotted specks in his chest cat-scan. Year of tests before they confirmed kidney cancer in his lungs and lymph nodes. Sutent had no effect. Torisel for four months and a 50% reduction. Hallelujah! He's been off the med since…
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CAT SCAN RESULTS
hi donna-lee and dawn, anybody else who may like to hear some good news. i spoke to the dr. today and my ct scan was fine, good, negative, normal...you know all the good stuff. i am so happy. i called the dr. office because my follow up appt, wasn't till next week and i couldn't wait any longer jumping every time the phone…
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Does the size of the tumor matter?
Hello, My wife was diagnosed last May 2008 with a very large tumor which turned out to be kidney cancer. It turned out to be 22 cm in length, 8 cm in width and weighed in at 5 pounds. According to the surgeon - this is a "remarkable" tumor. Because of the size of the tumor, it was declared a stage 3. The cancer had broken…
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Ablation or chemo for RCC metastasis to pelvis and upper arm
I'm having trouble deciding upon the best mode of treatment. I was diagnosed with RCC in November of 2007 and in December 2008 found to have metastasis to the right pelvis and upper arm. My pelvis erosion has been cemented, my upper arm rodded and each have been radiated. I am still in remission, but my doctor wants to…
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Recently Diagnosed with Stage II Kidney Cancer - Very Scared of the Surgery
I was recently diagnosed with Stage II Kidney Cancer. I have a tumor in the upper pole of my right kidney. I have seen two local urologists (in Northwest Suburbs, IL) and due to some varying opinion on additional tests needed to adequately plan for surgery, I have a third opinion scheduled for this Thursday (6/11) in…
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CT SCAN NEXT WEEK
hi everybody, i have a question for ya. does everybody use this MUCOMYST when they have their scan. someone mentioned this on an earlier post about helping to flush the contrast out of your kidney if you have one kidney what else do you do to protect it when having the ct scan and contrast. thanks alot everybody.
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ANXIOUS AND WAITING
hi everybody, i have my 6 mos. ct scan (chest and abdomen) coming up next week. this will be my first since my surgery in dec. 08. i am so nervous about it. i can't stop thinking about it. i found out i had rcc after something was seen on my left kidney during a routine ultrasound. i was then sent for a ct scan, another ct…