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Sutent donation
Hi everyone My dad underwent surgery and one of his kidney was removed due a large tumor attached to it. He is now on a drug called Sutent by Pfizer. This drug is extremely expensive. I came to know that this drug does not work for everyone and there are many people with tamperproof unused packages of Sutent and are…
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two renal masses in the same kidney?
This network is such a great resource, I'm so glad to have stumbled in. I have been reading the posts and have not run across anyone with two tumors in one kidney. I am being scheduled for an open nephrectomy for my right kidney, which will be done immediately following a removal of my gallbladder. I haven't been dx with…
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Still healing, yet not,.
I had my right kidney removed soon after a tumor was accidentally found during a spinal MRI. I had just had surgery on my shoulder prior to all this. In the hospital I felt very brave and confident and it was genuine. Now that I'm at home covered in strips, I'm on a strange and lonely roller coaster. I have a supportive…
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My mom
My mom was diagnosed with Stage 4 Renal cancer last August. She had not been feeling well for a very long time but hid it because she had no insurance and couldn't afford to go to the doctor. By the time she did it had already spread to her bones, spine, thyroid and many other places. They did two rounds of chemo and…
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Anemia after surgery
It's been over four months (Oct 8) since my radical nephrectomy of my left kidney and though I went back to work full time after seven weeks off, I don't have the energy I used to. I get winded very easily, fatigue is more common than before, my fingernails and toenails are splitting and breaking and I was told at my first…
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low energy
I had my left kidney taken out 4 months ago because of cancer. I was out of work for 3 months. I`m back at work and I find I have very low energy. I am working full time and my job is physical too. Now I have to lay down for an hour in the middle of the day. I do realize I did have major surgery but I use to have so much…
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RCC - clear cell type Parital nephrectomy sceduled for 2/25
I went to the ER on December 19 for abdominal pain and bloody diarhea where I had a CT Scan and was told I have a renal mass on right kidney suspicious for renal cancer. I was also told I had a suspicious lesion on my Liver (suggesting metastases) and a nodule on my left lung. I was also told I had a rather large…
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Nerve pain after surgery, any advice?
Anyone else have it? Its driving me up a wall! I had a hand assisted laproscopic partial ( some smaller incisions on the side with a 6 inch main incision above belly button that is getting smaller, thankfully) 3 weeks post op and I still can't stand the feeling of my pants ( even the baggiest yoga pants known to…
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Elevated Creatine Levels?
Is an elavated creatine level an indicator of kidney cancer? If the creatine level is normal, is one "out of the woods" so to speak, of having kidney cancer? In other words, is a normal creatine level indicative of NOT having kidney cancer? thank you so much Warmly, Dottie
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May I ask how your kidney cancer was detected?
hello- I'm just wondering how everyone's kidney cancer was found? My beloved sister's was found stage 4 after having stomach pains for a while. She passed away shortly after her kidney removal surgery (nephrectomy?). I miss her every day and still mourn for her. It has been 2 years but seems like just yesterday. Like…