Kidney Cancer
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Papillary RCC treated w/RFA
Six years ago a 1 cm tumor was found incidently by CT, for another reason, in my left kidney. Doctors at the University of Michigan recommended a watchful wait after my having additional CT's at three, six, nine and 12 months. I continued with annual scans and would have gone to every other year THIS year if the thing…
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Newly diagnosed...please help
I'm a 41 year old female, relatively healthy exept for being overweight and (in the last year) taking high blood pressure meds. I've just been diagnosed with RCC: 2.5cm in the upper lobe of my right kidney. They showed me on a CT...it sort of looks like a golf ball half in/half out of the top of my kidney. It was just…
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I am so afraid....
Hi everyone my name is Jacqueline and it has been a week now that my small family is living in a nightmare. After taking my father to the doctor due to a car accident he had a few months back he has had Cat Scans of his back left and right and blood test left and right and now the doctor tells us he has a large amounts of…
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cyrogenic surgery for kidney cancer
Has anyone had cyrogenic surgery for kidney cancer and survived. Can anyone tell me whether there were any complications.
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cyrogenic surgery for kidney cancer
Has anyone had cyrogenic surgery for kidney cancer and survived. Can anyone tell me whether there were any complications.
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cyrogenic surgery for kidney cancer
Has anyone had cyrogenic surgery for kidney cancer and survived. Can anyone tell me whether there were any complications.
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Ten years out and still looking over my choulder... any advice?
Hi all, I'm new here and just wanted to introduce myself to the board. I was diagnosed with Stage II renal cell carcinoma in June of 2000 at the age of 37, had a right radical nephrectomy (kidney, adrenal gland, lymph nodes) and so far everything seems to be 'okay' except that now I've got a few cysts on my left kidney and…
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Bone Mets
I have heard some people say they have "bone mets". What is this exactly?
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Avastin
My mother, with Stage 4 RCC, got put on Avastin this week. I haven't heard of anyone discussing this drug. Has anyone tried Avastin? She is 74 with Type 2 diabetes. I am not sure she can handle Sutent's side effects. Also, what are bone mets? I am trying to educate myself about the disease and treatments so I can help her.…
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ICEMANTOO ARE YOU OUT THERE GOT A QUESTION
HI I NOTICED IN YOUR POSTS YOU'VE MENTIONED GOING ON CRUISES. WELL, I AM GOING ON MY FIRST CRUISE EVER AND I WAS WONDERING ABOUT SEASICKNESS MEDS. DO YOU TAKE ANYTHING? IS THERE ANYTHING THATS NOT SAFE TO TAKE WITH ONE KIDNEY? I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD BRING SOMETHING WITH ME OR JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS ON THE SHIP, I…
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new patient
Hi, My husband just found out that he has a 1cm, tumor on the vein in his left kidney. apparently no where else. Do you scan the rest of the body after this? Do you remove the whole kidney? Do you do the laproscopy? or the big surgery in hopes of saving the kidney? What are the survival chances? Chances of re occurrence?
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Just venting - but -
I was at the grocery store the other day and at the checkout I was asked if I would contribute to the Prostate Cancer drive. At another place it was for breast cancer. Then colon cancer. I'm headed for my next set of scans for followup of metastic RCC and it was like my last nerve had been mashed! I said "when other…
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I do have kidney cancer.
Hello everyone. I have only posted once before asking if you thought I had cancer. On Wedneday I went in for a kidney removal surgury that was supposed to be done lap but ended up starting that way and ended up with the open so I got the best of both worlds with 3 little cuts and 2 big cuts. The doc who had previously said…
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New to this group
Hello, I'm kind of stuck. I'm hoping someone out there can help me with my questions. My father is 81 years old. He was diagnosed with RCC about 5 years ago. He told his family nothing and has done nothing about it. Two weeks ago, he was complaining of severe chest pains and was admitted into the hospital. He's been in/out…
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transitional cell cancer
My dad had his right kidney and ureter tube removed last week. Unfortunately, on his pathology report, it said that nine out of ten lymph nodes removed tested positive for cancer. His ct scan didnt show cancer in other parts of his body. We have yet met with an oncologist. We are from Alaska, and are presently in Seattle…
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question about post operation
I am hoping that all you wise members can help me with a couple of questions. I just had surgery on May 27th. I had a open partial nephrectomy. The tumor was a t1a clear cell renal cell carcinoma. I have a problem with epilepsy so I can not take pain meds. The docs did not even mention to ice. Would that not help? I have a…