Followup tests

Hey Sto,

Very likely, you should be having 6-month follow-up CT/CAT scans, and sometimes ultrasounds, for the first two years. After two years, they usually go to once a year scans. I would guess that, since you had your kidney out in Feb, you should be getting a contrast scan in August.

i also had my kidney removed in march. there is no one in my area that i have been able to talk to that has survived this type of cancer. i had been doing well but about a month ago i started having more pain and had a cat scan done and the doctor said that there was inflammation in the stomach area, diverticulitis but that my adrenal gland was also enlarged. of course, it being a holiday i didn't get to talk to anyone much and my doctor will be on vacation for 2 weeks. i am trying hard to keep the good faith, pray and be positive but it is so difficult! they found my kidney tumor quite by accident which is usually the case. i have not felt up to working full time and i guess that is one of the things getting me down. i feel that i should have been able to go back to work by now. it has been since march 1 of this year. i have not had a pet scan, i asked and the doctor checked, my insurance will not pay for it, it costs 3500 here and we jsut don't have the money. several people i know have had a false negalative pet scan and that worried me also. my blood work is all normal but it was a month before they found my cancer also. they had also found 2 very small nodules in my lungs but they have cat scanned them twice and they have not grown any at all and they say not to worry about them, they will continue with the mri/cat scan every 3 months and then 6 months. has anyone experience pain and neuropathy after kidney removal out there. please let me here from you!