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Brenda?
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Kidney Removal
My husband was diagnosed on April 18 with Stage IV renal cell carcinoma. He has a 13 cm tumor on his left kidney. It has spread to his lungs. It is "suspicious" about being in lymph nodes, but needs further testing. The oncologist we saw in our town, stated that he would not remove the kidney because they could only treat…
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Anyone on steroids and systemic treatment?
In 2007, I had my left kidney and adrenal gland removed due to renal cell cancer. I have been cancer free until October when rcc mets were found in a lymph gland in my chest and in my right adrenal gland. The lymph gland was successfully removed with surgery, but complications kept the adrenal gland tumor from being…
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Unexpected visit from NED today!!
So yesterday, Mothers Day I woke up with a UTI, visible blood, etc. Although I was started on antibiotics pretty quickly, it was enough to send me into a total emotional meltdown because I've also been experiencing intermittent left flank pain. So today I followed up with my PCP, explained my anxieties & thankfully she…
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Happy Mothers Day Ladies
Been attempting to add this thread but somethings preventing it from posting. Anyway, hope you all had a great day! Donna~
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Fingers crossed
Getting a scan on Friday to see if this new Optiva stuff Ive been taking is doing its job. Trying to approach the CT scan with an modicum of equanimity.
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Should I biospy
I had been experiencing extreme fatigue, ankle and feet swelling and just general sick feeling. I had a CT w/contrast and it was recommended to follow up with renal ultrasound for further eval. The U/S revealed a 4cm "structure" with internal separation. My GP says a biopsy to be safe because CT shows "hyperdensity".…
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Radiation and immunotherapy combination can destroy both primary and secondary tumors
I hear over a year and a half ago this was a promising up and coming way to treat cancers previously "untreatable" with radiation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-05-immunotherapy-combination-primary-secondary-tumors.html
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Heart problems linked to Kidney Disease and vise versa?
Hi everyone! I'm back after yet another surgery (unrelated to kidney cancer) that blew the lid off of the pain scale sending me once again into afib. The pain was worse than the worse kidney stone pain I've ever had! I started having afib every time I suffered an acute kidney stone event and was never able to bounce back…
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Sorry this is a bit off topic but ...
It has been a good long while since I've posted anything here. Actually for the past few weeks I didn't even think to come read the latest posts like I used to do on a daily basis. All the more reason I feel bad for even considering to post this, but I've got no other place to put forward this request. Can someone tell me…