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spleen removal
Hi Its been awhile since I posted. My husband was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer in 2014. At first it was described as advanced and aggressive. He responded well to treatment and later was given a prognosis of 5 years. That was 5 years ago. He is still doing great for the most part. He has not worked in 4 years but he is…
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NED
haven't been here in a while. Lots of life changes going on. Starting a new job next week and have been working on transitioning out of the old job. Happy to share with you all that my latest round of scans 9 months post surgery are NED! Doc is switching me to ultrasounds and chest x ray every 6 months instead of cat…
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NED!!!
Second year scans came clear.NED. Wanted to share the good news with the group. Thank you again for the all support and strength.
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Recently diagnosed with rare Kidney Cancer
Hi I'm new to this, my name is Kate and I'm 25. I was having blood in my pee and some bloating/eating issues so I went to my family doctor where I found out I had a cyst on my ovary and while doing further tests for that they found a mass on my right kidney. I was then recommended to our state hospital where my doctor…
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How sweet it is...
Haven't been here in a while. Busy with work and, quite frankly, that has been great. Had my follow up scans past Monday. Results in. No evidence of metastatic disease. Today's a glorious day. I'm going to take it off. Spend it playing Apex Legends and chilling out. I'm happy. Still feel that I need to be vigilant and…
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Kidney Mass-- Frustrations and Questions
Hi everyone, I'm a 57-year old male and new to this board. My doctor found a small mass (2cm) in my right kidney about six months ago by accident (no symptoms) that is suspected to be Renal Carcinoma. I was set to have an ablation done a couple of weeks after that discovery, but my insurance (Blue Cross Blue Shield of…
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Follow-up scans
Hi everyone, I just had my first follow-up visit with my doctor. Regarding follow-up scans, he asks me to do an ultrasound + chest X-ray every 6 months. This seems different from most posts I read here with frequent CT scans. Probably my doctor wants to avoid too much radiation and toxic dye on young patients? I wonder…
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2 years now...great news!
This week is my 2 year cancerversary-partial neph-stage 3. I had my scan yesterday and I'm still NED! It's a huge relief to make it to year 2 with no reoccurance. My doctor was thrilled and announced everything was clean the minute he walked in the room. He know's how awful the waiting and anticipation can be. Normally, I…
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New Here
Hi everyone! I discovered this forum in search of how long it takes for cardio ability to return after a nephrectomy. On July 11, 2019 my entire left kidney was removed. Before that I was in great shape for a 57 yr old female. (No symptoms of cancer...discovered accidently) I started doing my weight and cardio workouts…
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Hello everyone
Hi everyone, wishing you all the best and hoping you are doing well. Im sorry I don't visit or post as I once used to but ever snce my husband was diagnosed last March, we have been in a rollercoaster and just trying to live as normal a life as possible and everything related to "C" has taken so much space for us that at…
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My dad.
i peed blood 3 years ago, had surgery and joined the club. It’s been up and down since. I wouldn’t have wished this on anyone. Tonight, I learned that my dad has been peeing blood for 4 months. Blood clots, same symptoms, everything. Saw the doc and tested normal, so no one did anything. He scans on Tuesday. I’m totally…
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Sorry for being away so long!
I've just been so busy with work and family and not thinking much about cancer! I feel a little guilty. I had CT scans Tuesday and they were clean. It's the 5 year mark for me. It's been 5 years since my last tumor. I'm so happy and relieved to have made it to 5 years. Those of you Stage 4, I want you to know that it's…
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Post-op: avoid incisional hernia or flank bulge
Hello everyone, Thank you so much for all the encouragement and advices when I was so anxious about the surgery. After surgery one of my major concerns is incisional hernia or flank bulge. I have an open partial nephrectomy. Compared to laparoscopic one, does open surgery have higher risk of incisional hernia? What are the…
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It's been a while..
Hey guys! Its been a while since I have been on this board. I was diagnosed in August 2017 with a 4.5 CM and had a partial Right Nephrectomy in September 2017. CCRCC Stage 1 Grade 2. Fast forward to last Thursday at my scans a small cyst that was being monitored for 2 years took up the dye. It seems there is a small 2.0 or…
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I don't have too much to say at this point in my life
I didn't have lap or robotic surgery, no drugs or radiation, or a lot of the problems some of you have encountered. I hit the road the first time with Stage 4, T2N2M1 in 2006. Then had recurrences in single nodes in 2007 and 2008. Three major surgeries and monitoring since then. I'm still not enjoying the CT's with barium…