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Kidney Cancer

Archives for August 2021

Surgery tomorrow
Laparoscopic radical nephrectomy tomorrow and I'm scared but hopeful that maybe I will get a good report and just be able decompress from all that has happened this last month.
Surgery Thursday
Met with the urologist today. Surgery scheduled for Thursday. Im going to be honest, I'm a mess. Although I am so grateful my surgery is scheduled only a week after finding my mass. I'm still in such disbelief and I am scared s**tless. I'm so afraid this mass is an aggressive cancer and I have a long battle ahead of me. I…
Scared - Could Someone Look At My CT Scan Please?
Hello, I am a bit scared. If possible, I would love anyone's input regarding my CT Scan. I would truly appreciate it! CT scan in August 2021: A paritally exophytic structure at the upper pole. The right kidney is higher attenuation than a simple cyst and measures up to 1 cm. This was previously present and measured up to…
Donor
So I donated my kidney 12 years ago to my day. He is diabetic and was on a transplant list and the transplant was successful I only suffered high blood pressure following the procedure. This last year in november I was in a wreck and found out I had a 4cm tumor on my remaining kidney. Was told the day before thanksgiving…
I am really struggling today
On July 21st a ct looking for problems in my gallbladder found a 4cm mass in my right kidney. A week later I had an MRI and a week after that I was sitting in the Urologists office planning surgery. I know the CT and MRI showed no evidence of metastasis and my kidney function looked good. Surgery is scheduled for Aug…
NED at 13 months
What a rollercoaster. Had a week filled with anxiety and panic, and all for naught. Chest CT and Adbominal MRI both NED. Surpassed the 1 year mark and am still NED at 13 months. So incredibly thankful. Praying for many more.
New here, sonographer found her own mass, suspected kidney cancer
Hi everyone. I'm really glad I found this board! I'm 35, a sonographer and just found a 3cm mass on my right kidney, near the renal pelvis. I found this incidentally as I was just scanning myself as I do sometimes. I hadnt scanned my kidneys in about 4 or so months... and decided to take a peak... well there it was. I…
Was NED today
Today got report still clear,glass wine for every one! 1.5 years cancer free
Name a movie mentioning Uncle Ned.
Name a movie mentioning Uncle Ned. icemantoo
Uncle NED came to visit!
Lobbyist, thanks for sending Uncle NED my way for a visit. I'll send him on his way to the next member having scans. In all seriousness, I had my CT scan, chest x-ray along with a doctor visit today--everything was clear. That makes 5 years for me. They want me to come back next year for one more scan then move to every…
Just had a vacation
Took a week off came and seen family never thought of my cancer once what a relief to feel normal again with no worry's well now back to reality it was so nice when it lasted
Checking back in to the board
Hi to everyone, I have been away from these boards for a while and thought i would check back in. i was diagnosed at aget 46 in 2014 with stage 4 RCC and a 18cm tumor in my kidney and 2 additional tumors in each of my adrenal glands. Since then i have had a radical nephrectomy and went into a trail for one of the PDL-1…
Partial Nephrectomy in the morning for 4.5 cm tumor on the bottom of right Kidney
I have been reading the comments about the surgery and the information is very good and I appreciate it. I was wondering wh7y my surgeon said I am not allowed to drive for three weeks? Is it something to do with driving or just riding? I wished I had asked him but I was processing the whole "you've got cancer info". Thanks
NED on my 5th year CT scan!
Hi all, hope everyone is doing well under this pandemic. I would like to share my NED result after my 5th year CT scan (but not till Sept to be 5 years). Somehow, my scanxiety was much higher than the last couple of years. Maybe because understanding the recurrent time is usually later for the early-stage survivors. The…
Dealing with anxiety
Hi All, It has been a while since I have posted. Quick recap about me: 33 at time of diagnoses (6/2020) 7/15/2020 - 4.5cm Clear Cell tumor removed via partial nephrecomy. Clear margins. Stage 1b, Grade 3, no sarcomadtoid features. 11/2020 - 1st scan, NED (Abdominal MRI, Chest CT) 3/2021 - 2nd scan, NED (Abdominal MRI,…
Started pazopanib this week praying my dad gets more time
Hi I have been frantically looking for more information on the drug my dad has started on this week pazopanib, he started with side pains and bad tummy about may time this developed in to a trip to a and e in June to have biosopy and now we are here. Last week he was told he had months rather than years, but this weeks…
19 years since my Surgery Trifecta began
08/01/2002 Left Nepherectomy done Laprodcopically 09/30/2019 Robtic Prostetectomy 12/31/2019 (New Year's Eve) Open Gallbladder Removap All surgeries on first or last daY OF Month No new surgeries scheduled/ Was 78 years young, 10 days ago. icemantoo
Clear Cell Renal Sarcoma
What is a different between Clear Cell Renal Sarcoma and Clear Cell Renal Carcinoma.

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