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I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH RENAL CELL OF THE LEFT KIDNEY IN FEB. OF THIS YEAR. I HAVE HAD A BONE SCAN, AND ULTRA SOUNDS OF LIVER, SPLEEN, RIGHT KIDNEY, BLADDER AND PELVIC AREA. ALSO SEVERAL MRIS AND OTHER CT SCANS. THEY REMOVED MY LEFT KIDNEY MARCH OF THIS YEAR. I HAD THE OLD SURGERY WITH A HUGE INCISION. THEY ALSO TOOK OUT MY RIB AND LYMPH NODES. I WAS TOLD THAT IT HAD NOT SPREAD TO MY LUMP NODES. I AM 58 AND WAS NOT IN THE BEST OF HEALTH BEFORE ALL THIS HAPPEMNED. IT HAS TAKEN ME A LONG TIME TO RECCUPERATE. I WAS FEELING SO MUCH BETTER WHEN I DEVELOPED A PAIN IN MY LEFT SIDE AND A BULGE. I WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT A HERNIA BUT POST SURGERY MUSCLE. IT REALLY HURTS WHEN I STAND OR SIT FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME BUT NOT OTHER WISE. I HAD A FRIEND WHO WAS DIAGNOSED 3 MONTHS BEFORE ME, WE HAD EXACTLY THE SAME TESTS ETC. EXCEPT THAT SHE DID HAVE A PET SCAN THAT SHOWED NOTHING. SHE ALSO DEVELOPED A BULGE BUT IT WAS IN HER INCISION. SHE WAS TOLD IT WAS A HERNIA WHEN THEY WENT IN TO REPAIR IT, THEY SIMPLY CLOSED HER UP AND SAID IT WAS EVERYWHERE, THE CANCER. SHE DIED LAST MONTH, JUST 5 MONTHS AFTER SURGERY AND BEING TOLD SHE WAS DOING GREAT. IT HAS UPSET ME SO BADLY. EVERYONE SO FAR IN THIS AREA I HAVE KNOWN ABOUT HAS NOT SURVIVED THIS SURGERY. I HAD A CAT SCAN LAST WEEK BECAUSE OF THIS PAIN BUT MY DOCTOR IS ON VACATION AND THE ONLY THING THEY WOULD TELL ME WAS THAT MY ARENAL GLAND WAS ENLARGED SLIGHTY AND THERE WAS A LOT OF INFLAMMATION IN MY STOMACH AND I AM TRYING VERY HARD NOT TO BE TERRIFIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY BLOOD WORK WAS FINE BUT MY BLOOD WORK DONE IN A COMPLETE PHYSICAL 1 MONTH BEFORE THEY DISCOVERED MY 9 MM TUMOR WAS FINE ALSO. I WOULD LOVE TO PLEASE HEAR FROM ANYONE OUT THERE WHO HAS HAD A SIMILIAR PROBLEM. THEY TOLD ME THAT ALTHOUGH TECHNICALLY I WAS A STAGE 2, IT WAS ONLY BECAUSE THE SIZE OF MY TUMOR WAS .2 PAST STAGE ONE AND THAT I SHOULOD HAVE BASICALLY THE SAME GOOD RESULTS AS A TYPE I. PLESE LET ME HEAR FROM YOU OUT THERE!