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Surgery tomorrow 3/6/14
Have to be at the hospital tomorrow by 10:00am and I have my open partial at noon. Then I can move on to more waiting (for pathology results). Thanks for all the support everyone!
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I got my pathology report, not too bad
Only way it could have been better is if the tumor was benign, alas it wasn't. Final determination was RCC clear cell pT1aNxMx, G2. So not all that bad, pathologist did comment that the tumor came within 0.1 mm of parenchymal margins in several foci. Guess that means the doc cut it real close huh? So now all that they want…
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Afinitor success?
Been on Afinitor since 13 Dec 2013. First 8 week CT check show halting of spread, with slight tumor shrinkage. Return on April 2nd for next CT check. Reason for Afinitor was reoccurred cancer at origional tumor site after partial done back in May 1013, together with metastasis up my side, in a cluster, as well as met on…
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Blkjak update
Hi everyone! I hope you are all doing well! We think about all of you a lot, but took a bit of a break from the forum. I think I last updated after the doctors tried treating for testicular cancer and it didn't work. Blkjak remains a bit of a mystery since his kidney tumor is so small yet has spread so much. They then…
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Finally found source of hip pain
After seeing bone onc and mri and bone scan and no cancer found I was so happy, yet I still have this really bad pain in hip. When I seen my regular onc this week she also was excited to see i had no cancer and said how is your pain? I told her still really bad and she said didnt the bone onc tell you what was wrong with…
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concern about metastasis to rib
Hi this is my first post here so I`'ll give my history first. Diagnosed in June 2013 with probable rcc in left kidney 7cm and possible node involvement. Radical nephrectomy in Aug. Surgeon did not remove any nodes or adrenal gland. Tumor was contained and shrunk to 6 cm after surgery. T1bnxmx. I 've had a good recovery and…
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Hello, Thanks for this board!
Hi Everyone, I have been reading for a while. I thank you all for sharing so much information. It has been so helpful and given me hope. My name is Catherine. I am 58 and I had a radical nephrectomy in May of 2013. At surgery, I was told stage 2 but after removing a 12 cm tumor and finding a met in each lung I learned it…