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Kidney Cancer
Archives for January 2022
Discussion List
Ultrasound shows one thing, CT scan does not.
I had a ultrasound that showed a 2 CM mass on my left kidney suspicious of neoplasm. My doctor called and told me it looked highly suspicious for kidney cancer and she would refer me to a surgeon, but first I needed a CT. I had a CT with contrast and is showed no mass on my left kidney. Which is great news, but is a CT…
Scans
Just had my scans and met with doctor everything was normal and one more time going three month for scans then he’s going to move them to 6 month scans hip hip hooray
Remaining kidney
Remaining kidney “Developing mild complexity Within an exophytic 11mm left renal upper pole lesion and within the lobulated approximately 2 by 1.3 cm left renal interpolar lesion” please advise scared and very worried. 3/2021 right kidney radical neph by robotic chest pelvis abdomen ct scan clear.
Question on findings
I had my third set of CT/MRI's post neph. I don't have my doctors appointment for another two weeks to discuss but the results show up on my chart. The results of my CT show "Lungs: The lungs are clear without pulmonary nodules or masses. Micronodules mean diameter less than 6 mm in only 1 to 2 mm in size are stable. No…
Next week scans
Well next week scan feeling nervous almost at my two year mark wish me luck
CT? Ultrasound? MRI?
Hi all! It’s been a bit, some of you may remember me as the sonographer that found her own cancer back in august. I had A partial nephrectomy and the margins came back clear. But now I’m having so much anxiety that the cancer has come back or metastasized. I do still scan myself and see nothing but ultrasound can miss…
Back pain post nephrectomy, not prior
I had a nephrectomy of my right kidney. They couldn't do the surgery laparoscopically, as I have a lot of mesh & scar tissue in my stomach, so they cut me from my right front to back & separated my ribs. I am having terrible back pain which shots around my side. The surgeon said it can't be from the surgery, but I didn't…
Post-nephrectomy Fever
Greetings, I had my partial nephrectomy surgery last Tuesday and I was discharged from the hospital on Wednesday evening. The first night home I developed a fever of about 101F. I called my surgery’s nurse hotline where they advised me to go to the ER if the fever reaches 101.5F. The fever has been coming and going. During…