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Kidney Cancer

A must read
This is an interesting perspective on cancer care. Our site & others are more important than ever. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/10/us-usa-health-cancer-idUSBRE9891EI20130910
need help
Hi Everyone, Let me first wish every single one of you the best of luck fighting cancer. you are all in thoughts and prayers. My mother and father just informed me that he as a 1 cm tumor on the upper part of his kidney. they had the scans and the meeting with the Urologist. They keep me out of it because they did not want…
Just needed very badly to vent...
I had a nephrectomy in May of this year. I am still a little fatigued, but am now starting to feel "human" again. Prior to this, in 2008/2009, I had breast cancer with lymph node involvement...had mastectomy, removed most lymph nodes under my arm, had a year of chemo and I had 30 rounds of radiation. Two years later, had a…
I will probably be having an open procedure
I didn't want to tack my question onto the very recent thread by another poster. I have a 50/50 chance of having an open procedure rather than laparoscopic. I think the surgeon was being generous with the 50/50 and more than likely an open because of the size of my tumor and right nephrectomy. I do have a someone staying…
Lymph nodes near the kidneys?
Prior to surgery (9/17/2013) and abdominal CT scan (9/9/2013) I have been given the designation of a T2N0M0. How to they test to see if it has spread to lymph nodes? Do they remove a few to test? If so, where are they located? I can't seem to find any on anatomic diagrams. Will they light up on the CT scan tomorrow if…
Thank you kind stranger...
Yesterday I had my 6 monthly CT. The days leading up were just fine. The moment they called my name I had a melt down. I was at a new facility to try out the lower radiation scanner and I felt uncomfortable from the get go. Fortunately for me a very kind stranger was there to help me through. What a pleasant surprise to…
In my head or not
This is probably going to sound kind of crazy. Ever since they did the testing (xrays, ultrasounds, MRI, etc..) and I found out the news that I have a tumor I have felt a lot worse physically. I understand that when you have an emotional pain that usually there is a physical pain to go along with it, so I guess this could…
Back to work?
I know this is a pretty difficult question with lots of variables (ie. age, condition, tumor, size of incision, type of work, etc etc). But if you had an open partial nephrectomy (or even a radical), how long before you went back to work? I am on my feet all day, and I do a lot of twisting, bending, pulling, pushing, etc.…
Pathology Report Tailspin-Thoughts???
Hello All...Happy to have found this group. I am a newbie and going to provide a little of my background to see if anybody can relate... I am a 40 year old female, good health, no prior medical issues. I have had side pain since around Jan 2013..thought it was gallbladder. Finally went to GP in July, labwork showed no…
Creatinine Spike
Hi all. I just had my 6 week blood screening for the study I'm in (Everolimus). Since my right nephrectomy last December, my creatinine has been in the 1.55-1.65 range. Today it was up to 1.83. I've had several blood tests these past few months, and this one is really out of the norm. It's similar to what I was having in…
Cystatin C Hones Prediction of Renal Function
Worth a read.... http://www.medpagetoday.com/Nephrology/ESRD/41391
Pathology report
I need some help with my pathology report. I was thrilled to be told my kidney tumour is an oncocytoma. I looked at the pathology report and circled something to check out later but I never did check it out. Tonight I pulled it out while going through a file. The thing I circled was in the staining section......it says…
Newly diagnosed.
I am a 48 year old female who was just diagnosed last week with a 6mm renal tumor. I am scheduled to have open surgery for a partial neph on Sept. 18. The major complication is that I only have the one kidney as I had the other one removed in 2006 due to a blockage that ruined the kidney. I also have stage 3 Chronic Kidney…
Back pain
I have no idea if it is related or not but I have this constant low back pain. It gets to the point that I have to take otc pain killers to sleep or function. I talked to the nephrologist about it and she said it was absolutely not related but for some reason my intuition tells me it's all connected to the tumor on my…
May be a dumb question
Is there any pattern to how this cancer metastasizes? I notice there are many here with mets to the lungs with a few to the spine. since my husband was diagnosed with 2 mets to the spine and several scans with no cancer (of course, microspic would not show) still trying to process this disease and he is set for a…
Somewhat silly question for the ladies who've had a Neph
In particular an Open surgery: how long before you could wear a bra? . I'm, ahem, large busted and cannot stand being braless. I'm concerned that my open scar will prevent me from donning undergarments. How far up the side does the incision go? Can I wear a front closure style? I gather pulling clothes over my head will be…
Cedar Point Roll Call of interested survivors and family.
Over the past several months a number of us have expressed thoughts about meeting in Cedar Point next Summer and for those of us who are up to it try a roller coaster of two like the Geimini(not recommended unless a year past surgery). What are your thouths about doing this mid week towards the end of next August?
Robotic surgery for RCC
I found out six weeks ago when I had a colonopscopy , that they found a tumor on the bottom of my left kidney.Then lots more test, ultasound, ct scan with contrast, then a biopsy, It"s 3.4 cm by 2.7. They say I am lucky as I had no signs and it is cancerous. May 29th I get my surgery using the da vinci robotic machine at…
new to this
I had a partial.. Tumor was 1.4 cm and patholgy showed papillary renal cell carcinoma.. Scared to death it will return... Advice please...
Surgery date scheduled
Met with urologist at Moffitt Cancer Center Tuesday. He reviewed results of MRI: right kidney has 2.5 centimeter soft tissue mass. Left kidey looks fine. He plans to do the procedure robotically. He was not in the best of moods, probably because he was scheduled to see 41 patients that day. I have confidence that he will…
Kidney Transplant and Kidney Cancer?
Hello, I am a kidney transplant recipient and was recently diagnosed with Renal Cell Carcinoma. I will be having a radical nephrectomy on Friday 08/30. I am just wondering if anyone else here has had a kidney transplant and been diagnosed with kidney cancer? Looking at the CT scan the doctor doesn't think it has spread…
I HAVE A DREAM...
...that one day we will have a pink heart shape pill that cures all cancers and our biggest complaint will be that it comes only in 6 different flavors. Please, join me in this dream and until then god bless us with nothing but happy hopeful days. Laz
When do you start feeling better
I'm 52 year old male, 15 months post op for stage 3 tumor. Had 6cm tumor removed( laparoscopic partial ) in April 2012. Major urinoma problems from September 2012 through January 2013.multiple nephrostomy tubes. Ablation surgeries weekly for 3+ months.. still feeling terrible, severe hot flashes, sweats, lethargic. Doctors…
Open Surgery planned
I have a small 1.5 cm in the upper left pole of the kidney, the urologist said that he is more than 85% positive that it is RCC. YES, I know it is fully treatable with surgery. I am not ready to jump off a brige or have a breakdown. I do have a normal amount of anxiety related to the C word and major surgery. I know so…
Positive margin = cancer spread?
I had laparascopic surgery on 3/2/06. I'd decided to go for a total nephrectomy but my surgeon convinced me to let him try for a partial. Bad decision!!! I lost my entire kidney anyway because he got a positive margin. Now, I'm scared to death that letting him cut into the kidney rather than remove entire kidney from the…
In need of Sutent
My mom was diagnosed with collect duct carcinoma of kidney (IV stage) and Sutent might be her only hope. However, she is living in China and the drug is so expensive considering her poor retirement compensation there. I am wondering if any one would spare some unused Sutent so that I can mail to her and save her life...
newly diagnosed
my 50 year old husband was recently diagnosed with right kidney cancer 2 weeks ago its stage 4 with multiple mets to pelvis, spine and lungs. biopsy has been done but while he is waiting for the results they have started him on sutent 25mg daily, steroids, just completed 5 rounds of radiation on his spine can anyone tell…
PET/CT scan!
My Rad Onc today took pity on me with all I'm going through and finally agreed to a Pet scan, with Thryogen stimulation to look for any metabolic activity pertaining to my thyroid cancer, and look closer at my kidney tumor. I started to cry with relief when she mentioned it. It's been a struggle to get them to do the…
Angiogenesis inhibitor foods
Hi everyone, just happened to find this Ted talk and thought I'd share it here in case anyone is interested in watching it: http://www.ted.com/talks/william_li.html interesting, it's a talk by the president of the angiogenesis foundation, about how we can also help starve our cancers in what we eat.
Block center for integrative cancer treatment in skokie, Illinois
Hi everyone, I was just wondering if anyone here has been to the block center in Illinois? My mom is 50, with stage iv cc rcc, mets to liver and lungs. Our oncologist is dr.robert motzer at mskcc, who had done lots and lots for rcc. We are very confident being in his care, but we are looking for something a bit more…

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