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Surgery scheduled

TKDgal
TKDgal CSN Member Posts: 12
in Kidney Cancer #1

i had my biopsy and it came back stage 1, grade 1 RCC. Mixed feelings. I know it's best case scenario for cancer but it's still cancer. Surgery is scheduled for October 3.

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  • Footstomper
    Footstomper CSN Member Posts: 1,237 Member
    #2
    Thats good news

    If you know what I mean

    Good luck with the surgery

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  • Kangaroorex
    Kangaroorex CSN Member Posts: 47 Member
    #3
    wishing you the best

    Hope everthing goes smoothly! 

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  • Jan4you
    Jan4you CSN Member Posts: 1,330 Member
    #4
    Welcome and glad you came

    Welcome and glad you came here! No one likes to ever hear the "C" word. Once you adjust your emotions to a plan of attack, it does get easier. Stage 1 is treated with surgery, then monitored for awhile. You are in good hands.

    Hopefully your surgeon is an expert on RCC and will be offering you the robatic, laproscopic surgery. Is he/she? If you want to know more, I am  happy to share my experience in our email or on here in the main area of posts. I have had 4 abdominal surgeries, 2 were laproscopic. Ilearned to work with my body and not against it.

    We'll be here for you, and walk this journey along side you, if you choose.

    Sending you healing and internal serenity.

    Warmly, Jan

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  • daisybud
    daisybud CSN Member Posts: 541 Member
    edited September 2016 #5
    Good luck

    Hope you have a quick recovery 

    Kim

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  • stub1969
    stub1969 CSN Member Posts: 995 Member
    edited September 2016 #6
    Good luck TK

    If I remember correctly, your tumor is under 4.0 cm.  Are they going to perform a partial or full? 

    Stub

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  • TKDgal
    TKDgal CSN Member Posts: 12
    #7
    stub1969 said:

    Good luck TK

    If I remember correctly, your tumor is under 4.0 cm.  Are they going to perform a partial or full? 

    Stub

    Surgery

    They are going to be doing a partial. It's 3.5 cm

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  • icemantoo
    icemantoo CSN Member Posts: 3,362
    edited September 2016 #8
    TKDgal said:

    Surgery

    They are going to be doing a partial. It's 3.5 cm

    You will be fine

    Tkdgal,

     

    Your prognosis is excellent. All of us have fond memories of the C word and the fact that they want to yank out all or part of your kidney, WTF. That too shall pass. Again you will be fine. Once you are nephed you will learn the secret handshake and get a club beanie.

     

     

    Icemantoo

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  • hardo718
    hardo718 CSN Member Posts: 853 Member
    edited September 2016 #9
    Great news

    That's about as good as it gets with a positive diagnosis.  Should be a "one and done".....with follow-ups of course.  Best wishes for an easy procedure and recovery.  Are you having a robotic lap procedure or open?

    I'll keep you in my prayers.

    Donna~

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  • TKDgal
    TKDgal CSN Member Posts: 12
    edited September 2016 #10
    hardo718 said:

    Great news

    That's about as good as it gets with a positive diagnosis.  Should be a "one and done".....with follow-ups of course.  Best wishes for an easy procedure and recovery.  Are you having a robotic lap procedure or open?

    I'll keep you in my prayers.

    Donna~

    Procedure

    Robotic. :) 

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  • icemantoo
    icemantoo CSN Member Posts: 3,362
    edited September 2016 #11
    Robotic

    14 years ago when I was nephed they were not doing neph's with robots or partials. I was part of the Laproscopic, non robotic phase. Devinci himself did my surgery.

     

     

    Icemantoo

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  • mrou50
    mrou50 CSN Member Posts: 389 Member
    #12
    Hope all goes well

    There is a good chance that catching it early and having surgery means you will probably be okay.  Stay strong.

    Mark

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  • APny
    APny CSN Member Posts: 1,995 Member
    #13
    Mine too was 3.5 cm and had

    Mine too was 3.5 cm and had partial but open. No biggie; recovery was not bad at all. So even if they have to go with the open procedure it's not as bad as I had feared. All the best!

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  • JerzyGrrl
    JerzyGrrl CSN Member Posts: 760 Member
    edited September 2016 #14
    All the best

    All the best with your surgery. 3.5 is still small enough to be fairly well-behaved.  All the best with your waiting time (I've found various artsy things helped me keep the figits at bay), surgery, and recovery.

    Jerzy

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