Grade 2 clean margins

CarlosRosado
CarlosRosado Member Posts: 88 Member
in Kidney Cancer #1

After my open partial left nefhro, they reomve a turmor with type 2 cancer, the dr told she reomved all . Also she mentioned somehing about clean margins

Ok  

i was half sleep when she told me this and she is coming back today to give a better explanation

 

do anybody knows what does she mean?

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  • Tapman63
    Tapman63 Member Posts: 137 Member
    #2
    Good News!

    The experts here can give you way more information than I can (my surgery is Monday), but that sounds like a really, really good prognosis.

     

  • icemantoo
    icemantoo Member Posts: 3,361 Member
    #3
    Sounds like

     

     

    ---so far. so good.

     

     

    Icemantoo

  • APny
    APny Member Posts: 1,995 Member
    #4
    Grade 2 is good. It's not

    Grade 2 is good. It's not aggressive. Clean margins mean no cancer cells left at the surgical site. Glad it's behind you. Wishing you a quick recovery.

  • Cybball
    Cybball Member Posts: 111
    #5
    Glad you are done with

    Glad you are done with surgery.  Hope your recovery goes well!  Glad to hear about clear margins too.  That's good news!

  • jazzgirl
    jazzgirl Member Posts: 243 Member
    edited February 2018 #6
    The best words I heard after surgery

    "we got it all - clean margins".  Here's wishing you continued good progress as you heal.

  • jazzgirl
    jazzgirl Member Posts: 243 Member
    #7
    The best words I heard after surgery

    "we got it all - clean margins".  Here's wishing you continued good progress as you heal.

  • AnnissaP
    AnnissaP Member Posts: 632 Member
    #8
    Sounds like good news!! It

    Sounds like good news!! It didn't leave the kidney. Hope you heal up nicely.

  • Max57
    Max57 Member Posts: 177 Member
    #9
    Clean margins

    What you going to wish more ...fast recover 

  • CarlosRosado
    CarlosRosado Member Posts: 88 Member
    #10
    Still at the hospital.  my

    Still at the hospital.  my surgery Feb-12 , today is the 15 and still have some discomfort and pain, constipation is terrible

    Its a wild ride....  so far they told me my pathology came back and it was a rcc grade 2.  Clear margins, also the doctor told me to come back for scan in 6 MONTHS?   I was thinking that it will be in 3 or 4

    I am sure that my battle vs Anxiety begins now...

  • Deanie0916
    Deanie0916 Member Posts: 628 Member
    #11
    Good news

    Your surgery is over! Try to drink lots of water and walk as much as you are able without overdoing it. Clean margins are good, like others have said, it means they think they removed all of the cancer. 6 month checkups are pretty standard I think but you can ask your doc. I am on a 6 month schedule for scans and check ups. Hope you heal quickly!

  • Matt1979
    Matt1979 Member Posts: 9
    edited February 2018 #12
    Glad to hear the good news! 

    Glad to hear the good news!  It gets easier from here.

    My doc also said 6 months for a follow up scan.  His reasoning was that it if it did grow back, it would take that long to be noticable on the CT scan.  Made sense at the time.  My tumor sounds very similar to yours in size and grade, so perhaps its just a slow growing type.

  • APny
    APny Member Posts: 1,995 Member
    edited February 2018 #13
    Mine was also after six

    Mine was also after six months. Walk as much as possible and drink lots of water. Ask for stool softener. All will help with constipation. It was almost a week for me so hang in there.

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