Six Month Post Surgery Followup

Bay Area Guy
Bay Area Guy Member Posts: 620 Member
in Kidney Cancer #1

After my wonderful time with the insurance company, I finally did get my CT scan for my six month followup.  Well, technically, since I had surgery in mid-June, 2016, I guess it's my seven month follow-up, but who's counting?

The outcome was nothing seen on my chest x-ray and there's no evidence of any recurrence or spreading of the RCC anywhere on what was an abdominal CT scan.  The surgeon was quite pleased at the almost disappeared incisions and said both my right kidney (the one on which I had the operation) and my left kidney looked perfectly healthy.  He also said there were no bumps or anything else that looked like they didn't belong anywhere on the CT or x-ray.  My creatinine level, which was 1.0 before this merry-go-round started, was 1.1 when I had the scan.

By way of history, it turned out I had a 1.8cm x 1.6cm x 1.4cm lesion on my right kidney.  The pathology report identified it as chromophobe renal cell carcinoma.  It was staged as PT1a.

I'm supposed to get another scan and x-ray in six months and, if that is still clean, the surgeon said he would move to a scan and x-ray every 12 months.

I'm pretty darn happy.

Comments

  • icemantoo
    icemantoo Member Posts: 3,361 Member
    #2
    Good for the long haul

    Bay Area Guy,

    I expect you to be posting 10 or 15 years from now even if I am not( I'm much older).

     

    Icemantoo

  • Footstomper
    Footstomper Member Posts: 1,237 Member
    #3
    Pretty dam Happy???

    Go on allow yourself nother expletive or two. You deserve it.

  • Bay Area Guy
    Bay Area Guy Member Posts: 620 Member
    #4
    Not sure the expletive in

    Not sure the expletive in question would be allowed here Stomper.

    As for you ice, I expect you to be here forever!

  • stub1969
    stub1969 Member Posts: 986 Member
    #5
    Good to hear

    From a fellow Chromie.  Sounds like your surgeon did a wonderful job.  When I was first diagnosed you shared a video with me of your doctor during a lecture.  His youthful appearance hides his talent.  Congratulations!

    Stub

  • hardo718
    hardo718 Member Posts: 853 Member
    #6
    Good for you!

    That's awesome news!!

    Donna~

  • Bay Area Guy
    Bay Area Guy Member Posts: 620 Member
    #7
    stub1969 said:

    Good to hear

    From a fellow Chromie.  Sounds like your surgeon did a wonderful job.  When I was first diagnosed you shared a video with me of your doctor during a lecture.  His youthful appearance hides his talent.  Congratulations!

    Stub

    I remember that video.  He's

    I remember that video.  He's aged a little now.  He looks like he might be a freshman in college rather than in high school.  But, man, can that guy cut!

  • Bay Area Guy
    Bay Area Guy Member Posts: 620 Member
    #8
    hardo718 said:

    Good for you!

    That's awesome news!!

    Donna~

    Thanks Donna.  It's certainly

    Thanks Donna.  It's certainly a load off my mind.....at least for six more months.

  • JerzyGrrl
    JerzyGrrl Member Posts: 760 Member
    #9
    Happy dancing...

    I'm happy dancing, for and with you. That's indeed great news!

  • foroughsh
    foroughsh Member Posts: 779 Member
    #10
    Very happy for you

    Very happy for you

    Wishing you many more good  news

    Forough

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