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Living to old age after a Neph
I recently had to choose a new doctor, and after several visits and exhaustive lab tests, she said I was doing "fairly well" for my age. Hmmm. Being a little concerned over that turn of phrase, I asked, "Do you think I'll live to be 82?" "Do you smoke, or drink beer, wine or hard liquor?" she asked. "Oh, no," I replied,…
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Home in my recliner
Hi All, I had my kidnery, right one, removed on Monday morning and Wednesday the Dr. released me. Said the surgery went well and he didn't see any other issues. Acturally the whole proceedure was a lot beter than I anticipated. The hospital stay was great, the nurses and staff there, Central Washington Hospital in…
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scans and anxiety
I have scans yearly now . every febuary. my scan day is a s follows. i drive 1.5 hours to hospital. have my scan in am usually by 8 am. at 1pm i have my visit with the surgeon who performed my neph.and he tells me the results. no waiting sounds great huh? problem is i get so anxious sitting in that room just twaiting for…
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Blood Tests
I had blood tests last week from my general practitioner. Most of my values are in the normal range, some on edge of low and some on the edge of high... But I have a question about WBC. Right after my surgery, my wbc was 12.6 day after surgery, then fell to 9.1 then to 9.4 by 4 days post op. Last week my new test results…
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Diet
As many of you know, there really isn't a lot out there on prefered diets for Kidney Cancer. I was wondering what do some of you long term survivors recommend? I'm planning on going on more of a plant based diet with little to no animal products. Any other suggestions?
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Freezing the tumor?
Hi, has anyone heard of this procedure? I gather they freeze the tumor, it then breaks up and leaves the body when you urinate. I have a 5CM side tumor in side the kidney. My docttor did not mention this option It sure sound a lot better than losing a kidney Thoughts apprecited Sal
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Bilateral RCC...updates - first surgery complete
Had been having abdominal pain for some time. PCP sent me for an abdominal ultrasound. Nothing of concern discovered in abdomen but a lesion on each kidney was incidentally discovered. PCP sent me to urologist who sent me for a CT scan and chest x-ray. I learned yesterday that the CT scans confirmed a “solid mass arising…
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Questions.
Edited to add measurements Hello everyone. I am looking for a few answers. I haven't been diagnosed and my appointment isn't for a couple more weeks. Back in August I had stomach issues and had to have my gallbladder removed (admitted through e.r. and surgery the next day) Everything went well, due to family complications,…
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Biopsy for Kidney Cancer?
If you're kidney is being removed any way, is it normal process to have a biopsy before removal? I don't see the sense in that...
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Meeting with oncologist today
I was able to get a meeting with an medical oncologist today before my Monday meeting with my urologist. Can you suggest questions to ask him? Thanks all.
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Weight loss from recovery ?
Hi, another question on how much weight might I lose during recovery from cancerous kidney removal ? I am 5' 11" only 140, (I lost 35 lbs this year due to a previous fissure surgery ) and am concermed about losing weight during my recovery. I am not underweight but am very close. Thanks again all, really appreciate all of…
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Home Now
I have no idea if what I posted before even made sense lol. (thanks to all the meds). I just got home and will try this again... The tumor had grown since being found in August. According to the CT scan images they should have been able to cut out a certain-sized wedge and see clean kidney. However, everytime they cut it…
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Path results
This is my pathology after the inital partial. Im not exactly sure what this all means. What stage would this be. My doc says no furhter treatment. Will see me in 6 weeks. What scan and test should I make sure I have. Final Diagnosis A. Kidney, partial nephrectomy: Clear cell renal carcinoma, Fuhrman grade 1, limited to…
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Surgery Scheduled
We met with the MD Anderson team yesterday and have been scheduled for surgery next Wednesday (11/1/17). The plan is to have a partial nephrectomy but I have also consented for a radical if it is determined to be the best route once he is in there. The wording 'inseparable from diaphragm' that had us so worried didn't seem…
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Ready to Rock and Roll - operation over
Well, I don't even expect anyone to comment on this, feel I should post so that there is a record of how crazy good this has been. Certainly feel that there must be something in all the kind wishes and moral support I have been lent and sent this past week from the people here and family and friends. I had much trepidation…
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Got my pathology results
I went to the Dr for my follow up on my surgery last week. They staged it as T1bNxMx. Fuhrman grade 3. Negative margins of resection and no edvidence of lymphovascular invasion. I go back in 3 months for my Scan. I asked the Dr if I needed to see an oncologist and he said he was going to wait until the scan in February.
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Morning 2nd day
slept good, lot less pain this morning. Big cup of black coffee starting my day. Ken
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Surgery in the morning
I sit wondering about the surgery tomorrow, excited to get the monster out , nervous to have the procedure done. We have to travel to Charlotte from our home town it's about a 2 hour drive give or take with traffic..We were told we would hopefully get a "hospitatilty room" we were packed and ready to go down but got the…
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Any T2 diabetics here?
Wondering how you did with sugars while on the IV and not really eating much for the first few days. Also wondering how healing went. Fast? Slower than normal? Worried about infection? TIA.
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New here too
I had relatively minor muscle pains in my bladder area for a few months so my doctor ordered an ultrasound for the bladder and kidneys. which discovered "Renal sonography demonstrates a 4.1 x 3.7 x 3.4 cm in diameter solid-appearing slightly hypoechoic mass at the medial aspect of the upper pole of the left kidney. This…
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Surgery on Monday
Hi, am new to this, At the end of Sept.at my routine annual physical my Dr. added an ultra sound. That showed somethng in the area of my right kidney so he called me back for a CT scan. That sent me to a uroligist who informed me that I have a cancerous tumor on or in my kidney. We discussed my options, chemo doesn't do…
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Urologist,Nephrologist, Oncologist???
So we were invited to a large tailgate party yesterday. During the party my wife and I are introduced to an acquaintance of the host " who also had Kidney Cancer" This person is 3 years out from Partial Neph. I explain I am 6 months full neph and schedule for 1st scans this week. They then ask what type. I'm alittle…
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I made it through
I had my surgery 10/30/17 it was a partial Robotic. The surgeon said it was clean margins and thought it was a success. On day two in the hospital the nurses took out the catheter. So I could get up walking . The pain is more the I expected. It seem more like gas pain. There was a complication when the nurses tried to help…
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Surgery Today
I have been browsing this discussion board ever since I got the news the Dr's found a mass on my kidney. I decided to register today. I am schedule for surgery this afternoon. The Dr's found a 6.5cm partially exophytic, centrally necrotic mass in my upper pole of my right kidney. The scans show my lungs, spleen, liver and…
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More cancer in the world
I got a bit behind on this forum and decided to just take a few weeks off. Now I am a long way behind and slowly catching up. I think the forum is quite busy now. While I am musing about nothing in particular... There seems to be an awful lot of cancer in the world these days. Maybe it is a function of getting older, but…
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Cryoablation for kidney cancer
A couple of weeks ago I had a 2cm malignant tumor removed by percutaneous cryoablation. For now, the scans show that the tumor was completely froaen and the outlook is good. My concern is that I have had a consistent swelling (the sizes of an eggplant) starting at my waist and going almost to the navel. I am also…
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Am I the only one
that enjoys watching chickens run around. LOL, seriously though the simple things in life are so calming. my family thinks im crazy , they call me the bird man. i will get home from work and just go out and sit and watch the chickens and drink a beer. what do you guys do to relieve your stress. I also like to go out and…
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Stage t3s
Any encouaging info on stage t3a? I'M SO PANICKED ABOUT THE STAGE AND RECURRENCE-THANKS
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Surgery Completed!!
Quick update! Had surgery yesterday and they ended up taking the whole kidney. Three mths ago the tumor was only 3.6 cm. It ended up being deeper than originally thought. He said it took up 1/3 of the kidney. I will ask dr the size today. Yesterday he was puzzled and said he has NO IDEA now what it is. It has been sent off…
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Stage 1 CCRCC Grade 2 recurrence or treatment questions
I was diagnosed this summer with ccrcc and of course have a harder time dealing with the mental effects of it than the physical ones so far. My urologist gave me the all clear and said he got it all and didn't recommend any follow up treatment or anything other than every 6 month scans. I know this is the normal protocol…