12 weeks post open radical nephrectomy
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Take care of yourself first
Do not push yourself unnecessarily. You have joined our club with a little more baggage (size of tumor) than most of us. You are going to need more follow up care and more rest. You're recovery is going to take longer than most of us with smaller tumors. There has been so much advancement that I have seen and heard of in the last 9 years since I was diagnosed in the care and prognosis of Kidney Cancer. Do what you can, when you can. Seek appropriate follow up medical care and monitoring.
Best wishes,
Icemantoo0 -
FMLAicemantoo said:Take care of yourself first
Do not push yourself unnecessarily. You have joined our club with a little more baggage (size of tumor) than most of us. You are going to need more follow up care and more rest. You're recovery is going to take longer than most of us with smaller tumors. There has been so much advancement that I have seen and heard of in the last 9 years since I was diagnosed in the care and prognosis of Kidney Cancer. Do what you can, when you can. Seek appropriate follow up medical care and monitoring.
Best wishes,
Icemantoo
Iceman is right. Because your tumor was larger than most, your body has really had a shock. 3 months after my last major abdominal surgery, I was still hobbling around very carefully, being very protective of my abdomen. I couldn't even watch anything rough on tv, much less work in a rough environment.
Don't forget that you are entitled to Family Medical Leave Act if you need it. Don't have to keep paying you during the time off, but you keep your insurance and it guarantees your job will still be there when you are ready to go back. You might want to discuss your options with Human Resources or the union or whatever is relevant in your field.0 -
Fatigue
Hi I had my kidney removed on Feb 3 and just within the last 2 weeks or so have been feeling very fatigued. I am goign to make a Doc appt with my family physician to see what is going on. You should make one too. Let me know what they say. They say everyone is different, but I know something isnt right because all of a sudden I have no energy to do anything. Good luck and Gid Bless, also I still have weird feelings on my right side and my right thigh is numb and my hip still hurts me.0 -
Trust your instinctslindagsjsn said:Fatigue
Hi I had my kidney removed on Feb 3 and just within the last 2 weeks or so have been feeling very fatigued. I am goign to make a Doc appt with my family physician to see what is going on. You should make one too. Let me know what they say. They say everyone is different, but I know something isnt right because all of a sudden I have no energy to do anything. Good luck and Gid Bless, also I still have weird feelings on my right side and my right thigh is numb and my hip still hurts me.
Linda, Your concerns need to be followed up with your family physician as well as your Kidney doctor. It does not sound like it is related to Kidney Cancer to me, but I can only relate to my experiences. Hopefully it is nothing serious.
Best Wishes,
Icemantoo0 -
Fatigue is completely
Fatigue is completely normal. I don't want to scare you but, many RCC survivors take up to a year to start feeling more like themselves.
The only real worry about your job would be if you got into an altercation with an inmate. Is there anyway they can put you into a position where you aren't directly with the inmates?
The reason for this is you don't want anything to happen to your remaining kidney, which is why they recommend not doing any sort of high contact sport.0
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