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Hello!!! I got home yesterday evening. Open partial neph has left me with a 12 inch zipper looking scar going across my left side and is highly painful! I'm up walking around regularly and takin a perksort mixed with Tylenol for pain every 4 hours. Surgeon states that the surgery went well and I only lost 10 percent or so of my kidney.Tumor was still small and looked to be contained to kidney and encapsulated inside the kidney-- All looked great, kidney looked really health as well....Waiting on the pathology hopefully i should have by next week!!! My only problem now is I'm pretty constipated, I'm on a stool softer and duclox hopefully all will move forward today!!! Any home remedies I should try? The open surgery is painfull but I'm glad it's behind me...Thank you all for helping me this far!!! I PRAY FOR NED from now on for myself and all of you...
Trucker1
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A big blowout ahahahahaha.lken37 said:Great News
Hi Trucker1,
am glad your surgery was a success. That constipation will go away, mine did on 7th day in a big blow out. Was a mess, but feel a whole lot better. Best to you and quick recovery.
A big blowout ahahahahaha. Sounds like congratulations are in order lol!
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Part of the same club : )AnnissaP said:Great news!!! So glad
Great news!!! So glad everything was clear. Guess I am one of the few who didn't get to keep my kidney lol. You are lucky. I cannot find any bathroom remedies. Believe me, I have tried many things with zero success. If I find a cure I will let you know ahahaha.
Part of the same club : ) They took my left kidney. So far my right one is doing pretty good. It was teetering between stage 2 and stage 3 CKD, but I'm back in the stage 2 range. Prior to having cancer last year, I had never ever had problems with my kidneys, high blood pressure, etc... Relatively healthy, or so I thought.
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Congrats and good luck! I had
Congrats and good luck! I had a big old zipper incision/scar too. My left kidney was removed with a giant tumor (football sized). No reccomendations on the bathroom, just make sure you do what your docs are telling you, and don't skip the stool softeners. Try a pillow pressed against your abdomen/incision. That helps with the pain/pressure. I pray that you heal well and do not complications. I was re-admitted for a possible ileus and/or infection between my colon and large intestine.
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