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radiation induced lumbar plexopathy
Does anyone here have any experience with radiation induced lumbar plexopathy? Is there anything that helps?
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Diagnosis, Surgery & Discharged in 7 days. Now the Waiting ...
March 27, 2018 I felt fine - a little tired and had some unexplained night sweats but I wasn’t concerned - life was normal. The next day while sitting in a meeting I developed a horrible pain in my abdomen. When I stood up I almost fell over from the pain. I went home, took some Tylenol and tried to sleep. The next day the…
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New to this group
My Dad was diagnosed in March of 2016 with Stage 4 RCC. In 2015 he went into the ER thinking he had a kindney stone and they found a 6mm mass on his right kidney. Doctors ended up removing his right kidney in Dec. Everything went well and he was told the cancer had not spread. A year later he started having back issues and…
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Need help read my Path report
Can anyone explain this for me. I just got my pathology report today. My PCP said I am 100% good. I just want to get our survivors opinion. Tumor size: 4.6 x 4.5x 3.5 cm Focality: single gross lesion Limited to the kidney/ clear cell Grade 4 Pathologic TNM Classification: pT1b, pNX Stage grouping: Stage 1 Sarcomatoid…
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Pathology question
I happened to see my pathology report after almost four years again. I read it again and I'm confused I got it correctly four years ago. I mean this line: Nuclear grade II/IV furhman system Does it mean it's grade two out of four possible grades? Or it means it's combination of both two and four grades? I don't remember…
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5 years cancer free!
I have not been on this forum for years but I remember how great it felt when I saw somebody else had conquered this disease. This is not a death sentence. Don't get me wrong I still get the scanxiety and I sometimes fall into the trap of over-analyzing every little pain but 99% of the time I enjoy every little part of…
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Scanxiety
So my Dr’s office just called to schedule my 6 month appointment/scans. My 3 month scans were NED. The bad thing is my Scan/appointment isn’t until the end of July. I was just starting to mentally feel better and then bam!!! This board has been a blessing to me. Even though I don’t post a lot I read most of the posts and…
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Thank you to all for great info....
I had a kidney stone in December and when they did an ultrasound, they found an unusual mass (5cm) on my other kidney. Long story short, after several CT scans it was determined to be a cancerous tumor. Added complication...I have a heart condition and am on blood thinners; hence, the Mayo Clinic Urologist was a little…
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When?
When do you get to think we might be okay? When do we get to think we might have dodged this bullet? For 2 years, I've had clean scans, but always think that something is wrong. I'm just now feeling halfway normal, but very guarded. I had a dream that the cancer was back. We were looking at scans and the doctor kept saying…
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Opdivo out. Next up?
Opdivo stopped working for me. I got 14 months out of if. Now looking into Axitinib and clinical trials.
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Decision made
So I finally talked to my surgeon and went over what the referral Urologist had to say. At the end of the day I have made the decision to get a biopsy followed by a cyroablation. I am going to call tomorrow to schedule the appt. I feel good about my decision. I also received my referral for genetic testing. I will schedule…
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Lets lighten up for a change
Guy goes to his MD, “Doc, i’m having terrible headaches.” Doctor gives him prescription strength Ibuprofen and come back in 2 weeks. Two weeks pass, ”Doc, i’m still having terrible headaches.” Doctor gives him Imitrex and come back in 2 weeks. Two weeks pass, “Doc, i’m still having terrible headaches.” Doctor says nothing…
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Second opinion
I posted on here quite some time ago about how a kidney lesion was found by acciden. At that time which was over a year ago it was 5.5mm so very small. I had my 6 month follow up appt in December 17 with an ultrasound done. That ultrasound showed it had grown to 1.3cm. So now about 5 months later I saw a new urologist.…
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Scar cream
My beautiful 6 1/2 inch scar needs some love. Where my drain was is raised and don't know if thats ever going to fade. Any suggestions for scar cream? When did you start using it? I'm currently using mederma pm intensive treatment cream. My incision is still tender and don't know if I should waite or try something else.…
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Genetic Testing Complete
Hello all. Whew, follow-up appointment with my genetic counselor yesterday, Gloria Morris, MD PhD at Upstate. She is wonderful if anyone in Upstate NY is seeking genetic testing after a cancer diagnosis. She's at the Upstate Cancer Center. No gene mutations were noted after a very comprehensive panel (testing of 50+…
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Abunai
My thoughts and mind are with Abunai who is suffering at the minute Hope he gets on top of the pain and strong for the next challenge ahead of him We love you Abunai Annie