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Question, once cancer, always cancer? ???

Bryn1108
Bryn1108 CSN Member Posts: 97 Member
in Kidney Cancer #1

So my urologist told me after removing my left kidney with 9 cm tumor that now I was cancer free. Are we cancer free once the tumor is removed?  

Thanks friends 

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  • DreamOnDeb
    DreamOnDeb CSN Member Posts: 112
    #2
    Yes; you are cancer free!

    Yes; you are cancer free!

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  • Angie1496
    Angie1496 CSN Member Posts: 154
    #3
    I am asking my Doc this next

    I am asking my Doc this next week.  I just had a partial with a 4.5CM tumor removed on Sept 6. I was under the impression that once you have a cancer diagnosis you can't donate organs or blood etc... Does anyone knoe if this is true? 

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  • icemantoo
    icemantoo CSN Member Posts: 3,362
    #4
    It depends

    For many of us with tumors 4 cm or under, you are likely to remain Cancer free for the rest of your life. For those with larger and/or more agressive tumors there is always a chance that it will spead.  Each case is different and unique. There are protocols for follow up depending on the size and pathology of each tumor. There also are limitations/prohibitions on donating blood or organs.

     

    Icemantoo

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  • Bryn1108
    Bryn1108 CSN Member Posts: 97 Member
    #5
    Ugh

    That's what I thought icemantoo, just praying hard for God's mercy and grace.  Blessings to you 

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  • Angie1496
    Angie1496 CSN Member Posts: 154
    #6
    Is it unreasonable to ask for

    Is it unreasonable to ask for a PET scan if you havent had signs of metastasis?

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  • foroughsh
    foroughsh CSN Member Posts: 779
    #7
    Angie1496 said:

    I am asking my Doc this next

    I am asking my Doc this next week.  I just had a partial with a 4.5CM tumor removed on Sept 6. I was under the impression that once you have a cancer diagnosis you can't donate organs or blood etc... Does anyone knoe if this is true? 

    I don't know about the USA

    I don't know about the USA but in my country it's true.

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  • Bryn1108
    Bryn1108 CSN Member Posts: 97 Member
    #8
    Unsure

    Angie 1496, I'm unsure.  Praying for you to get all the answers you need.  

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  • foroughsh
    foroughsh CSN Member Posts: 779
    #9
    I had a 10 cm the tumor and

    I had a 10 cm the tumor and the only I need so far is radical nephrectomy and  I've been cancer free for three years.

    Wishing you an uneventful recovery and log healthy life

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  • lobbyist0724
    lobbyist0724 CSN Member Posts: 516 Member
    #10
    Angie1496 said:

    I am asking my Doc this next

    I am asking my Doc this next week.  I just had a partial with a 4.5CM tumor removed on Sept 6. I was under the impression that once you have a cancer diagnosis you can't donate organs or blood etc... Does anyone knoe if this is true? 

    I am in Canada, and I am no

    I am in Canada, and I am no long eligible to donate blood anymore. Not sure about organ...

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  • Angie1496
    Angie1496 CSN Member Posts: 154
    edited September 2017 #11
    Mine was 4.5 CM

    I am 9 days post op of a partial.  Surgeon didn't take any  lymph nodes because he said my tumor size wasn't something that would have spread yet.  I already know my lungs and liver are clear. I am a worrier so I keep lymph nodes in my mind since they were not checked.  

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  • Angie1496
    Angie1496 CSN Member Posts: 154
    #12
    What is NED? I got out my

    Smile

    What is NED? I got out my radiology report from the Ct with contrast to look up the specifics on location to answer another members ? About my tumor and read the lymph nodes were normal and didn't show signs of enlargement. So that made me feel better. 

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  • Hd67xlch
    Hd67xlch CSN Member Posts: 151 Member
    #13
    NED...........

    No Evidence of Disease, which is what you are right now, so quit worrying, good luck.

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  • Angie1496
    Angie1496 CSN Member Posts: 154
    edited September 2017 #14
    Thank you! I'm trying!  

    Thank you! I'm trying!  

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  • algee3
    algee3 CSN Member Posts: 3
    #15
    Blood Donation

    The blood donation policy in my area, in the US, permitted donations once a person was cancer-free for two years.

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  • Hd67xlch
    Hd67xlch CSN Member Posts: 151 Member
    #16
    My experience..............

    has been, Urologists like to tell you your cancer free, Oncologists like to tell you your NED, and Pulmonary Surgeons like to say we need to keep a real close eye on you, even when they cant find anything to keep an eye on. Keep your sense of humor or you will go crazy worrying about the future which you cant control anyways.

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  • foxhd
    foxhd CSN Member Posts: 3,181 Member
    #17
    I wouldn't want to

    be the person getting my blood.

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  • Rockspin
    Rockspin CSN Member Posts: 77
    #18
    Surgery on Tuesday

    I'm having my surgery on Tuesday. I'm scared but hopeful that I'll be one of the lucky ones. Worried about recovery as well. Thank you to all who post it helps us newbies.

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  • larry54
    larry54 CSN Member Posts: 14
    #19
    You obviously did not reach

    You obviously did not reach stage 4.  Be happy and always on gaurd.  Mine is stage 4.  Treatable but not curable.

     

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