New to the Journey

What a year this is turning out to be   

in all mirid of scans etc that have been done over the 6 month journey through surgery /  chemo / radiation, they have discovered a 3.5 cm lump in my kidney so now I am up for my surgery to have half a kidney removed.  Its a lot when they say your choice we can remove hald or all of the kidney ~ not a decsion I even thought I would have to make

did joke with my husband that I am on a quest to visist every department in the hospital (except maternity :D)

Hello @TaraJ ,

Sorry you've had to go through this, it's not fun.

I had bc last year, double mastecomy, no chemo or rad but this year an aggressive cancer was found in my right ureter ( tube from kidney to bladder ) they thought it was just there but after having right kidney and ureter removed last Monday ( one week ago) he found it had invaded muscle around tube ( don't be frightened, this is just me,not everyone gets this)  it's because it's a very aggressive cancer.

But want you to know I didn't have much pain, just tired.

If it was me I'd go for the part kidney removal, any part of kidney retained is better than none.

We can carry on normally with just one actually. :)

Try not to stress, just trust your surgeon.They do know what's best, and the nurses.

I'm about to go for a scan to see if all ok then I can have catheter thing removed that's been bypassing my bladder ( I think.)

If you want to PM me please do, if you want to ask anything don't hesitate.

My heart goes out to you, you've had a tough time, but we're all here for you and you'll beat this

Hugs,

Cindi xx <3

@Cindi

wow Cindi you have alot going on as well

thanks for some words of wisdom,  been alot to think about. Not a decsion I thought I was ever going to have to make

hubby and I both thought the same lets preserve as much of me as we can while we can.  

meet with the surgeon on Tuesday (after a 2 week holiday)  and said happy to go with the partial removal. He is happy to do that,  just means the surgery is apparently more complicated.    

But is what it is,  not thirilled with the idea but it cant stay there so out it has to come. 

now I just wait for a date in the next 8 weeks or so ... 

hope your scan went well and you are catherter free  and heading towards feeling better

@arpie

Thanks for putting Cindi and I togther ~ always good to have someone to get some advice and share stories with

@TaraJ ,

I hope you're ok & they get onto it soon so it's over and done with , I've found out that mine is stage 3 and invaded the fat aswell so I'll be having chemo within the next 2 weeks, a bit scared of that I must admit, but I'll do  whatever I have to, just plod on.

You're lucky they found yours early, you'll be ok, I think a lot of our fear is the unknown, well for me it is.

Hope you're ok. Don't forget you can pm me anytime if you like.

By the way, I found out this cancer HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH LAST YEARS BC AT ALL!!!!

So others don't worry.

xx