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CRP
Does anyone else have their CRP monitored in relation to cancer diagnosis. My surgical onc doesnt check for it but my GP does. Mine has been steadily rising from before my surgery. It was elevated in every test but the last two it is severely elevated 27.5 mg/l and 30.5 mg/l. I've read this can be a marked for cancer. I've…
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I was reading my scan results
It did mention I had a 1cm lung nodule that was stable should I be worried about it doctor didn't mention it
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5 year scan coming up this week.
Hi just asking for postive thoughts and prayers for my CT scan this week. They will check my remaining kidney and the pancreas to see if the spot there has grown any. Thanks for all of your encouragement and support over the years!
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Looking for help !! Complex cyst that has changed
I have been being monitored for a complex cyst on my kidney 11mm for a few years now. Yearly ultraounds, bloodwork and urine tests It was going good till this years ultraoud.. The pathologist says that my 11mm complex cyst has stayed the same size but that the septaions seem to have thickened and that it warrants an MRI.…
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COMPLEX SEPTATED CYST ON KIDNEY.
Has anyone had a Complex Septated cyst that has changed on an ultraounds to have thickened in between the septations?? And if so did it turn into anything serious ( cancer)? Its 11mm.
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Septated cyst with interval thickening after watching for 8 years
I was in for an ultreasound around 8 years ago and they found a complex septated cyst on my kidney. We have been yearly watching it with ultrasounds and bloodwork and urine tests.. And it stayed the same size and everything the same till this year.. I had the ultraound this week and it came back saying that it thickened in…
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Recovery questions
As of today I am 2 weeks out from having a hand assisted laparoscopic radical nephrectomy. I was doing fine as of Saturday...still having pain and still taking pain meds but it wasn't crippling. Sunday the area around the top most incision started to hurt so bad I couldn't walk without holding my stomach and it still hurts…
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Partial or Radical?
Hello, I am new here. Six years ago I had a 5cm tumor and had a partial nephrectomy of the left kidney. My doctor said I have 2/3 kidney remaining. Last week I had a CT scan for another issue, and a 1.7cm mass was discovered in my right kidney, "mid-kidney cortex lateral." I have searched the internet for information if…
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Long term results
I am trying really hard not to be anxious about my future...some days I do better than others. I just had my six month scans (after radical nephrectomy in March) and it appears to still be clear. I say appears because my apppointment is not until 9/22, I am just reading the results in my chart. I am not looking at Google…
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Pathology
So I don't see the Dr. till Friday but the path results came up on the hospital portal 3.5x3.5x3.0cm mass rcc clear cell HISTOLOGIC TYPE: CLEAR CELL RENAL CELL CARCINOMA HISTOLOGIC GRADE (FUHRMAN NUCLEAR GRADE): G1 MICROSCOPIC TUMOR EXTENSION: TUMOR EXTENDS INTO RENAL SINUS SARCOMATOID FEATURES: NOT IDENTIFIED RHABDOID…
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Pathology results are in
Well, here they are. Apparently a rare subtype of RCC? Has anyone heard of this? Anxious for my follow up appointment on Tuesday, so I can stop googling ? FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Right kidney, partial nephrectomy: - Renal cell carcinoma, eosinophilic solid and cystic renal cell carcinoma subtype Specimen laterality: Right. -…
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Recovery
6 days post partial robotic nephrectomy and I'm feeling a lot better. Those first few days were brutal! No one warns you about the shoulder pain from the gas!! It was worse than the incision pain. Doc said everything went well and the mass was well contained; I guess that's good news! Waiting on the pathology report has…