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Kidney Cancer

Renal Cell Carcanoma
Sister's cancer returned with a vengeance after four years - dr put her on Sunitinib--anyone taking this that can share their experience? If she doesn't respond she only has a few months left. Any info would be greatly appreciated
renal cell carcinoma
My spouse was diagnosed with RCC in March of 2006. Started taking Nexavar which shrank the tumers slightly in lungs, but nowhere else in the first 6 months(it has spread to the lungs,lympnodes and bones) We went to the Dr for leg pain only to find that the RCC had eaten most of the bone in the leg requiring to have a metal…
Post Renal Cell Cracinoma Surgery Pain
I had my left kidney removed in 2002 ( full left radical nephrectomy ) and ever since I have had pain at incision site, low back pain, pain in groin area, and pain in left leg. I have had steroid injections and am taking pain meds. with little relief from pain. If anyone has had or is still having pain similar to mine…
Goji Juice/Berries
Does anyone have experience with this product? Apparently it as it's origins in China, and it's english name is Barbary Wolfberry Fruit, or Fructus lycii. Research indicates that it is esp. beneficial to the liver and the kidney. See http://www.herbasin.com/database/gouqizi.htm
kidney cancer
i had cancer of the cervix and then after extensive surgery three months later kidney cancer. I have a colostomy and a neo bladder and find it very hard to be around people because of this. It has now been two years and i still panic when i have to leave my home to go to any event
renal cell , return report Nexavar
I joined in june and reported my husband going on Nexavar. He did react with a terrible rash and had to half the amount of Nexavar. Takes a benedryl 1/2 hour before taking pills. Is doing very very well AND the catscan showed he still had all his nodules in his lungs but ALL WERE SHRINKING !!!!!!!! We know the primary…
Is Side / Flank Pain 4 Months Post-Op Normal?
July 2nd will be 4 months since I had a laparoscopic nephrectomy surgery to remove my right kidney. I've been recovering well but have been noticing that the same side pain I had gone into the doctor complaining about before they diagnosed me has returned (text books call the side pain "flank pain"). It's a dull ache on my…
Kidney removal surgery
I had bladder cancer in 2004 had my bladder removed now on June 26 have to have my left ureter and left kidney removed due to cancer tumors. I am very nervous about having the surgery and only one kidney. I heard it is a painful operation. Does anyone have any suggestions to get through the surgery so I can fight this…
First year tests down...life to go?
I am glad to say that my anxiety level has just gone down with good news from my first year test results. My liver enzymes have elevated but my doc says not related to cancer but rather fatty liver problem?? So, from the kidney on now to the liver. I'm sure I'll be dieting here shortley after my celebration this weekend.
need someone to talkk to
I have so many questions to others that have gone through the kidney cancer ordeal. I have gone back and read other inquires but still need someone to chat with. Any takers?
Just Diagnosed, so many Q's
I just lost my 43 yr. old sister to pancreatic cancer last Sept. On 12/9/05 I had CT scan revealing a 2.5cm tumor in my right kidney...BAM!there it is...just 3 months after losing my sister, I know face cancer myself. Nothing was found anywhere else after chest x-ray, bonescan, urine cytology, & CT of pelvis & abdomen.…
second chemo treatment
ok i am still new with this but had my second chemo treatment 6 days ago and i got a whole lot of different reations then i did the first time. veen having to go back to the hospital for a tranfusion because i could not do a thing i have renal cell they also were telling me at the hospital that their really is not a cure…
Post surgery questions
It's been three months since my kidney surgery and I too have this bulge in my side. My surgeon tells me it is not a hernia as does my internist, however my cardiologist and my back doctor both tell me that it sure looks like one. How does one find out if it is a hernia for sure or worse, as Coni has now described, or just…
Sex after kidney removal???
is there anyone that 6 months after right kidney removal decrease of sex life,is this common? pls. respond....
Kidney removal
I had my Kidney removed on Aug 3rd 2005, how long does it normally take to regain strength and get past the pain???
Kidney Cancer
Hi to everyone! I just had removal of my right kidney, due to RRC cancer. No cancer showed up anywere else in my body, "Thank God"!
HELP-surgery went well but now?
Help has this happened to anyone else? My mother-in-law had surgery a month ago for kidney cancer all went well and the surgeon said he got it all. She was released from the hospital a week later but she got worse. She went to the emergency room 3 times the next week the 3rd time they admitted her. She had pneumonia and…
Need Help While at NIH
My wife is having a check up at NIH and we can't afford the high prices for a hotel room. Does anyone know an inexpensive place to stay? My wife is the cancer survivor and will be in Bethesda for 3 days in February. If you can give me some ideas, please write me, Howie, at hra246@aol.com
Encouraging news
2006-01-26 FDA OKs Pfizer Stomach, Kidney Cancer Drug AP WASHINGTON (Jan. 26) - A Pfizer Inc. drug won speedy federal approval Thursday to combat a rare stomach cancer and advanced kidney cancer. Sunitinib, to be marketed as Sutent, is the first cancer drug to simultaneously win Food and Drug Administration approval for…
interferon alpha
I was wondering if anybody has had interferon alpha for mets in the lung from renal cell cancer. I have been having injections 3 times a week and so far my tumor has shrunk. Has anybody had the same reaction.
2 weeks ago today kidney removed
Lots of questions to others that have been there. I was told no chemo, no radation was needed. The mass on my left kidney was 8mm and was incapulated (?), I was told "I got it all". I did have a bone scan and a chest ct prior to surgury and everything looks great. My Dr is a man of very few words and I just was wondering…
clinical trial pill called Sorafenib??
Hello everybody, My father who is age 65 underwent surgery 4 months ago to have his Kidney removed after being diagnosed with stage 4 Kindey Cancer.The cancer has spread to his lungs(2 small spots) and now he was just told to the bottom of his throat.He has been experiencing quite a bit of pain which he was taking…
Cryogenic oblation coverage
My insurer, Anthem, declined coverage of my procedure for kidney cancer on August 19, calling it "investigative" and "exploratory." My doctor tells me the procedure -- a cryogenic oblation of a small tumor in my right kidney -- often is covered by insurers. If you had the same procedure and WERE covered, I would very much…
more tests...
Hi everyone... i havent been on here in a while, dad recovered ok after having part of his kidney removed back in march 05, the pathology results took forever to come back ( i think it was like 5 weeks), specalist said it was a rare cancer, but not aggresive. was suprised tho when spec said he didnt want to see dad for a…
Sonaferib
Recently started on sonaferib and would like info on how anyone got relief from the red, sore hands.
Hallucianations in Stage 4 Kidney Cancer
My father has stage 4 Kidney cancer. Had his left kidney removed,and now cancer has spread to his lungs and now a bone up near his chest. They prescribed him Morphine Sulfate 30mg's about 3 weeks ago for the severe pain he's in,and he will be starting radiation for the bone cancer very soon. They recently just upped his…
Coming up on one year check up.
Next week going for blood & cts not a nervous as at 6mo but just a bit. Had left kidney removed 6-14-2004. 10cm totally contained no envolment of any thing else. My doctor said it was stage 2 because of size only. Has anyone been through the same ,it helps to from some of you,and you have been a comfort in the past -…
new to this kidney cancer
last july they found a mass on my left kidney hence in aug they removed the whole kidney and said that they got all the cancer with it. intill3 weeks ago i started getting pains all around the site where they took the kidney plus the orther side. they told me it was from the surgey but later after a lung scan they found…
(renal tumor) and i was told.............
by a doctor and nurse.............. "if you have to get cancer, renal cancer is the kind you hope to get" Is it me is or is that just insensitive?
Kidney removed
Hello, my father had one of his kidneys removed 4 months ago. It was not removed laproscopically,but with a large 12 " incision. Which they also had to bend his ribs on that same side. For the first couple of months he was feeling a lot of pain on his left side and back where the kidney was removed,but started to decrease…

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