Kidney removal and recovery

opito bay
opito bay Member Posts: 8
edited March 2014 in Kidney Cancer #1
While having an MRI scan it was discovered purely by chance that I had 2 Tumors in my right kidney,I had the Kidney removed using key hole surgery. After leaving hospital after 3 nights I went home feeling okay. Unfortunately after 10days of feeling poorly one of my entry points burst as was infected, approx 100mils not very nice fluid was taken out and I was back into hospital for another 3 nights on an intravenous antibiotic drip.the infection was about 4 weeks coming right as the wound closed very slowly. My experience with the whole situation has not been good with some very strong anxiety attacks, sometimes 3-4 times a day. I am also extremely tired a lot of the time despite reasonable sleep,approx 3x2hours per night. I have a pain around my right shoulder blade that cannot be explained, this despite a bone scan and Xrays.It's been three months since the operation and still extremely anxious, tired and still have the shoulder pain. I am lead to believe the recovery differs from patient to patient. I would like some feedback on my situation please.
Thanks

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  • icemantoo
    icemantoo Member Posts: 3,361 Member
    #2
    Any Surgery carries risks
    Although your results in no way appear to be typical any surgery carries risks. With that said I hope you find a good intern and/or infectious disease specialists to address your concerns. The pain from a normal nepharactomy should be minimal after 3 months. Feeling tired for a copple of months is normal although yours was no doubt aggrevated by the infection.
  • opito bay
    opito bay Member Posts: 8
    #3
    icemantoo said:

    Any Surgery carries risks
    Although your results in no way appear to be typical any surgery carries risks. With that said I hope you find a good intern and/or infectious disease specialists to address your concerns. The pain from a normal nepharactomy should be minimal after 3 months. Feeling tired for a copple of months is normal although yours was no doubt aggrevated by the infection.

    Kidney removal and Reovery
    Thanks for yr response icemantoo. My Doctor considers me cured and will have a long and good life as long as I look after myself.I struggle to believe this with my first follow up scan due in 4 weeks. I still have some pains as explained earlier , Fatigued lot of the time. I would welcome as much feedback as possible on other recovering patients.
    The pain is getting less frequent however I have some days that flare up out of the blue.

    Mike
  • ms3191
    ms3191 Member Posts: 1
    #4
    opito bay said:

    Kidney removal and Reovery
    Thanks for yr response icemantoo. My Doctor considers me cured and will have a long and good life as long as I look after myself.I struggle to believe this with my first follow up scan due in 4 weeks. I still have some pains as explained earlier , Fatigued lot of the time. I would welcome as much feedback as possible on other recovering patients.
    The pain is getting less frequent however I have some days that flare up out of the blue.

    Mike

    rcc
    Mike
    I had a partial nep end of last year to have a tumor removed that was in my right kidney.
    I am just starting to feel normal again. For the first month I was pretty fatigued and had more aches due to a drain they put in me. The incision areas are still sore every once in a while and if I do too much I start feeling tired again. I was always really healthy prior to this but now I need to realize this was major surgery and I just have to pace myself.
    Good Luck to you,
    Mary

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