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  • Skagway Jack
    Skagway Jack CSN Member Posts: 224 Member
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    lovelyoldgal said:

    Jack, I was just given the

    Jack, I was just given the shocking news 4 days ago. I have a 6.7 cm mass on my kidney. Of course it has me freaked out but what is impacting me more is the wait before my surgery. Reading your post regarding a similar time period was reassuring to say the least. 

    Lovely,  My time took one

    Lovely,  My time took one month from point of gross hematuria occurring and having a urologist appointment.  In that month I had two total incidents of hematuria.  I was diagnosed within a week of my original appointment with the urologist and then the operation occurred roughly a month later.  August 3, 2013 first event to 15 October surgery.  I was not experiencing pain or other symptoms that would have caused them to hurry the procedure.   My tumor was 7x5cm and I was staged 1B after the biopsy.   Original measurements from the CT were slightly larger than the actual tumor.   Hang in there.  One year later I am living a normal life and I am confident you will be too.

     

    Jack

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