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I am cancer free
I am cancer free since 2013 and want to know if i can drink red wine?? let me know..
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New
Hi everyone. I'm new here. I'm a 40 year old female who just found out that I have a 3.7cm tumor in my right kidney. I have an appointment next week with a Urologic Oncologist and I will have to have either a parial or complete nephrectomy. I just wanted to know if anyone has any information about whether or not they will…
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IL2 for chromophobe?
Has anyone been diagnosed with chromophobe RCC and had success with IL2? My pathology is not very clear--I've had three different pathologist look at my primary tumor and recieved three different conclusions (unidentified, clear cell, and now chromophobe). I was planning on doing IL2, but if the chromophobe diagnosis is…
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Complex Kidney Cyst
Hi I am new to this so please forgive me if I ask something crazy. I had an ultrasound done 3 months ago on my kidneys due to a 4.0 cm x 2.3 cm complext cyst being found. I was told to wait 3 months and have a repeat ultra sound and I did just in late August. The report shows the cyst is now 4.7 cm x 2.6 cm. I finally…
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Scanxiety
Hi everyone I have been lurking around this site since my diagnose september 2013. 35 yrs old male. radical nephrectomy in October 2013 pathology chromophobe rcc stage 2. 9 cm tumour I've had 2 scans all clear am due for scan in 2 weeks and scanxiety all over again just like the first time. jaay
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New here/ My story.
Hello everyone, in the last four weeks, i've been reading a lot of your stories on this site and it helped me lot. I feel like i know a lot of you personnaly even if we have'nt met. I'm gonna tell you a bit about me and the cancer i am now fighting. My name is Dave, 37, from a small town 45 minutes south of Quebec city,…
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ONE MORE DAY
Surgery on Thursday, Prep tomorrow oh joy.. looking forward to spending the entire day in the bathroom lol.... Getting a little nervous eveyone in my house is sick. im getting a runny nose.. been taking musinex so hopeful. it will bypass me.. argh.. anything going to go wrong Enjoy your day all.. God Bless. Madzoon
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Any suggestions on how to drink more water when you are tired of it?
I am about 3 1/2 weeks post operative where I had my left kidney removed. Before I found out about my kidney cancer I drank ice tea and coke's. Now of course those are a huge no-no and I have been drinking water and juice. I am at a point where I really do not want water even though I know that is best. Any suggestions on…
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6 month scan and appt. tomorrow
Both "excited" and terrified. But, from reading others posts on theirs, I guess it's normal. Anything I should ask? Looking forward to breakfast at one of my favorite places afterward with hubby. Then the day off to do ...nothing (and I'll get a lot of that done). Have a wonderful day everyone! Wish me luck
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New trial
Good morning everyone. I haven't updated for a while. There has been a lot going on (unfortunately) - I have been officially removed from the Meteor trial due to some progression and early pneumonitis (a known side effect of everolimus). I ceased all treatment around 28 July. I am now being screened for a new study which…
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C.T. shows white spots
A quick recap...partial nephrectomy Nov 7 2012. Have experience memory issues, cognitive issues, head aches/migranes since Feb 2012. My post op folliw-ups with urologist have been NED...but he only orders blood work and ultra sound of abdominal area. Gp sent me for CT scan last October re my complaints. Was told everything…
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Back and looking for advice
Well, Unfortunately I am back to ask for some advice. Last Friday after lots of tests and not feeling well my oncologist discovered a 5x3 cm mass on my hip bone that a biopsy revealed to be clear cell renal carcinoma. My nephrectomy for my stage 3 tumor was almost two years ago. I had a PET CT scan and they said it was the…
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Kidney Masses
Last year after watching my kidney mass change shape and then suddenly grow at a rapid pace I elected to have the mass removed. It was taken from the top of my left kidney and came back as not cancerous. They told me that I shouldn't have any more masses on my left kidney. One year later I had a ct for abdomen pain and…
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Feeling Good
Back from three plus months on the Oregon Coast. It must have been really good for me, as I feel good. Had good results for the MRI brain scan... nothing bad there .... and a Pet/CT scheduled for Sept 9th.... and I have no fear there either.... check out my new picture First ever Harley ride with my youngest son. Ron...…
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Latest scan results
So I had two weeks of IL-2 in March and stability for several months. Finished another week of IL-2 on 8/3/2014 but the scan upon entering the hospital did show progression. Only got three doses during that week with creatinine of 5 and even 6. Yesterday (9/3/2014) I had another CT scan and another appt with the doc. My…
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Renal cell carcinoma(RCC)./Agent Orange
Lost both kidneys to RCC Right in 1998, left in 2008. still trying to get disability from the VA. Anyone know a good lawer I can call? left Vietnam in 1970. been denied three times already but I read that some of the vets are getting the diability please tell me are there special circumstances.
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just had my Pre op appointment
Talked with the nurse educator she asked me what the dr said about staying out of work, i told her he said about 3 weeks. She told me that wasnt long enough, I am having a Robotic partial Nephrectomy of left Kidney, Does any one else know if I should be out of work longer than that> she said about 6 8 weeks i will start to…
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Just checking in
Well Monday was three weeks post op. This healing up is for the birds still in quiet a bit of pain which isn't fun. The past couple of days I am not sure what's wrong with me but I have been wearing my heart on my sleeve. You would think I had a hysterectomy and was hormonal all over again. Not quiet sure what's going on…
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Lung scars vs nodules
What's the difference between them? Had my ct OF the lungs with color contrast a week ago, A month ago had a. X Ray, different doctor said lung scar. now, different Radiologist and doctor said it looks like a scar 2cm in size & now call it a suspicious nodule. But being I had kidney cancer I now have to have a lung biopsy…
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Scan time again on Thursday
Hopefully, they will show the lung nodules are still stable. Have been having fairly significant coughing spells with a funny honking sound that I've never had before...hurts, too. Hopefully they can tell me why my back and left hip are so sore, along with my right collar bone and shoulder blade. Then will have U/S on…
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Papillary kidney cancer metastasis to lungs and abdomen
Hello. Had right nephrectomy last January 2013 with an 11cm papillary tumor. Now after my ct scan they have found 3 nodules in my lungs and several in abdomen. I will a biopsy next week and my onco told me I might start with voltrient. May ya I ask if anyone has been in voltrient and if I can still manage to work while…