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Kevin, (WhatIsLife) has passed..
I rarely post, but I feel I owe my dear friend, Kevin, the respect by coming here to announce he passed March 31st in his sleep. Kevin 54yo, was immensely supported by many of you and it meant to the world to him. He had no partner, family, children, just his two cats. His only remaining friend worked out of the USA. He…
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And the beat goes on....
It’s been referenced here more than once that cancer is like having a bad song stuck in your head. As much as we try to think about other things and “forget” about the diagnosis, it’s always there. That harmonic beat reminding you what you’ve been through and the possibility of what’s ahead. I was fortunate that my cancer…
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Doctor appointment results
So I went to dr today to see what his plan of action was for my bad catscan results. Apparently the votrient did decrease some of the mets but some of other ones have grown. It said the could be inflamed from the taking of the votrient or it could be the cancer progressing. So he put me on a steriod for my abdominal pain I…
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feeling overwhelmed
Hello...I'm thankful I found this discussion board. It's a reminder that I'm not going through this journey alone. I was diagnosed with RCC in April 2014. I had a partial nephractemy with no treatment. My RCC has recently returned to a lymph node in my chest. My oncologist is suggesting that I do high dose IL-2. He's been…
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I was waiting for the official report
While I had a quick reading on Wednesday (myself and urologist), I now have officially heard from the radiologist AND my surgeon both that my CT and chest x-ray are ALL CLEAR!!!! I go back in February! Thank you all for the well wishes!!!!!
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Help can a ct/scan
I'm needing help understanding if a kidney mass could be distinguished by a ct.scan I was sent to a kidney specialist after a 5cm mass was found on my right kidney and was told it could be cancer it could not be but a MRI is needed to determine more but he's already telling me to find a urologist I'm confused help please
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Doctor this morning
i have my followup to the horrible catscan this morning. Didn't sleep all weekend, cant eat , I'm so nervous to hear what this dr has to say, especially since his initial reading he said it was ok and it wasn't!! Just venting , maybe it will be ok.