Home and Recovering After Second Surgery

Bonngo

Hi Everyone,

A week ago I underwent my second open surgery which finally resulted in the total removal of my right kidney.  Still waiting on pathology report but pretty certain that the hard golf-ball sized tumor was indeed malignant.  The surgery was a couple of hours longer because of previous surgery scar tissue development but was successful.  

GFR was 39 when I left hospital.  Doctor hoping it will rebound a bit with healing.  We will see.  

For the time being, time will be spent resting!

Thank you all for your earlier support.

~Bonnie

APny

Glad it's over and wishing

Glad it's over and wishing you a quick, uneventful recovery. I'm sure the other kidney will start picking up the slack once your body gets over the trauma of surgery. Rest a lot but also walk as much as possible. Even if it's just a few minutes every hour. It'll help the healing. All the best to you!

Footstomper

Well Done

Now put your feet and have a well deserved rest

Jojo61

Footstomper said:

Well Done

Now put your feet and have a well deserved rest

Hurray! Now that is

Hurray! Now that is behind you, you can move forward to healing and feeling better day by day!

Hugs

Jojo

Jan4you

Jojo61 said:

Hurray! Now that is

Hurray! Now that is behind you, you can move forward to healing and feeling better day by day!

Hugs

Jojo

Good for you, Bonnie! Glad

Good for you, Bonnie! Glad its over, but sorry you had to go through 2 surgeries.

Put all this out of your mind, best you can and REST UP!

Do you have good help and support? Hope so.

Warm hugs to you, continued good healing~

Jan

icemantoo

Jan4you said:

Good for you, Bonnie! Glad

Good for you, Bonnie! Glad its over, but sorry you had to go through 2 surgeries.

Put all this out of your mind, best you can and REST UP!

Do you have good help and support? Hope so.

Warm hugs to you, continued good healing~

Jan

Keep smiling

Bonnie,

 

I would not be smiling that much with 2 nephs on the same Kidney.

Follow up with a Nephrologist. While my GFR has been as low as 39 I am 14 years older than you, so 30 is a concern at your age. Hopefully it will bounce back.

 

 

Icemantoo

 

 

foroughsh

Happy it was successful & may

Happy it was successful & may you have a quick, uneventful recovery and many years with NED scans.Forough

 

 

foxhd

foroughsh said:

Happy it was successful & may

Happy it was successful & may you have a quick, uneventful recovery and many years with NED scans.Forough

 

 

Pamper yourself

It is exciting that you have caught this nasty disease and eliminated it again. Take your time recovering.

Positive_Mental_Attitude

Hope your recovery goes

Hope your recovery goes smoothly. 

Bonngo

Thank You

Thank you all for your words of encouragement.  I, too, am concerned about the low gfr and am scheduled to see a nephrologist next month.  Had some trouble the last few days keeping blood pressure and blood sugar under control.  Had to start some meds today.  

Will be having follow up uro-oncology appointment next week.  Hoping to see that gfr number rebound!

You all are an inspiration in perserverance.  I know many of you have battled this disease a long time and at three years I am still a newbie.  On top of my issues I have a husband who has been at Stage IV liver disease (NASH) for 25+ years.  So he is my inspiration as well!

It is great to have a group of folks who can understand what you are going through. 

~Bonnie