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another ct scan please help.

gingersnaps
gingersnaps CSN Member Posts: 67 Member
edited March 2017 in Kidney Cancer #1
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  • gingersnaps
    gingersnaps CSN Member Posts: 67 Member
    edited March 2017 #2
    help please.

    Can anyone  tell me if their cancer came back to the same kidney. W

    hat was done and did it spread further.

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  • gingersnaps
    gingersnaps CSN Member Posts: 67 Member
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    same kidney.

    My son is 5 years out from a partial. chromophobe t1a. They have been watching scar tissue and site. This year was just an untrasound. Dr. wants a ct scan because what they thought was scar tissue is more prominate. If rcc comes back to same  spot is it  considered stage 4?

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  • icemantoo
    icemantoo CSN Member Posts: 3,362
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    Don't jump the gun.

    ginger,

    From your post the doctor wants a better look. There have been some with partials where the partial does not work. You are not there yet. I do not believe that it is Stage 4 if it has not spred beyond the kidney and there is no suggestion of that in your post. Hopefully the CT which is the Gold standard for follow up will sort this out The reason for the Ultrasound is that he was at low risk and it is usually good enough to spot something in the bud or spot something that maybe nothing, but needs to be double checked. As a layman please take my comments as thoughts rather than rely on them for medical advice.

     

    Icemantoo

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  • gingersnaps
    gingersnaps CSN Member Posts: 67 Member
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    same kidney.

    Thank ypu Icemantoo, you are kind to answer my question. Hoping and praying it's scar tissue, if not ct. scans for the last 4 yrs. have missed it.

     

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  • Jan4you
    Jan4you CSN Member Posts: 1,330 Member
    edited March 2017 #6
    I can understand how the

    I can understand how the doctors (radiologist?) wants to be certain as to what it is he /she is looking at from the Ultrasound. They do not want to miss anything which is good. But it may just be nothing and you'll find relief. So try really hard not to project what it "could be" until you know the facts and have a plan.

    I know, i know, easier said than done. Cancer has a reputation of making us have a little PTSD signs at times.

    Sending you calming healing thoughts. Count your blessings, LIVE your life and you'll get answers soon enough.

    Hugs, Jan

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  • medic1971
    medic1971 CSN Member Posts: 225 Member
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    Not stage 4

    Hi Ginger,

    If this does turn out to be "something" other than scar tissue than more than likely it will still be stage 1.  It's rare but sometimes there could be residual disease from the first surgery or that could have been a second tumor at the time of surgery that was too small to be seen.  Regardless it would still be stage 1 and treated as such.  

    I suspect this is just scar tissue and a normal post partial nephrectomy finding via U/S.  I think that a radiologist can’t tell scar tissue from new tumor growth because there is no contrast medium to help “shed light” on the tissue in question.  Like Iceman said CT is the gold standard for kidney cancer, not U/S. 

    Hang in there.  

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  • gingersnaps
    gingersnaps CSN Member Posts: 67 Member
    edited March 2017 #8
    same kidney.

    The ct scan was yesterday, appointment tomorrow. As the Mother I want my son to call today but he will wait until tomorrow. I want to go with him but he says there is no need.

     

     

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  • Jojo61
    Jojo61 CSN Member Posts: 1,310 Member
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    Hi Ginger....I can feel your

    Hi Ginger....I can feel your anxiety in your post. Praying it is just scar tissue. We will be awaiting your post.

    Sending hugs and good thoughts your way.

    Jojo

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  • Deanie0916
    Deanie0916 CSN Member Posts: 638 Member
    edited March 2017 #10
    Hi Ginger

    I hope and pray that it is just scar tissue or nothing. The waiting is the hardest part to quote Tom Petty. Love and prayers coming for you and your son.

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  • gingersnaps
    gingersnaps CSN Member Posts: 67 Member
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    scan results.

    I just got the call. What the ultra sound found was just scar tissue. CT scan showed final results. Next year dr. will try untrasound again, then ct. scan.

    I thank God.

     

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  • medic1971
    medic1971 CSN Member Posts: 225 Member
    #12
    :)

    Makes me happy to hear that!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • Deanie0916
    Deanie0916 CSN Member Posts: 638 Member
    #13
    Great news!

    Thanks for sharing

     

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  • Steve.Adam
    Steve.Adam CSN Member Posts: 463 Member
    #14
    Hi Ginger

    Glad you got good news. :-)

    Steve.

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  • daisybud
    daisybud CSN Member Posts: 541 Member
    edited March 2017 #15
    Ginger

    Great news!

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  • Bay Area Guy
    Bay Area Guy CSN Member Posts: 624 Member
    #16
    Fantastic news Ginger.

    Fantastic news Ginger.

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  • Jan4you
    Jan4you CSN Member Posts: 1,330 Member
    #17
    See? Great new! thanks for

    See? Great new! thanks for letting us know too!

    Hugs, and a better year ahead!

    Jan

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  • JerzyGrrl
    JerzyGrrl CSN Member Posts: 760 Member
    edited March 2017 #18
    Yay!

    Yay for scar tissue.

    At least it wasn't "an artifact" on the film. I got one of those on an x-ray once and knew I was done for. My insurance would have never covered a referral to an archaeologist. 

    Hugs to you and yours - hope you're doing something to destress and celebrate!

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  • Allochka
    Allochka CSN Member Posts: 1,089 Member
    edited April 2017 #19
    I am very glad tohear it!

    I am very glad tohear it!

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