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RCC - Stage 2
by: Steve on Thu, May 10 2007
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Hi again,
Well, I’m now at the treatment center with my wife, approximately 5 days into the unbelievable odyssey and we now know that she has been Dx’d with Renal Cell Carcinoma. The tumor is massive but there appears, as of this moment, to be no adjacent organs involved. She will have a radical nephrectomy on Monday, including the adrenal gland nearby.

The next gauntlet to get through is the biopsy of the neighboring lymph nodes. If they are impacted, the prognosis is far more grim. If not, far more optimistic. . . Only the surgery and biopsy will tell.

As a spouse, I’m having a much more difficult time, psychologically speaking, with this sudden and shocking turn of events. We had NO warning about this- only some very mild discomfort under her right rib cage and only, frankly, when we were in bed and I had the weight of my arm around her. That was it! Well, her chest x-ray was also unremarkable and we’re at least glad for that. However, the respective visits to the hospital have left us with greater challenges each time. It would be nice to receive some good news in all of this. . .like the lymph nodes are unaffected. We’re told the nephrectomy will last about 3-5 hours and her recovery time in the hospital, about 5-7 days. Stand by. . . we welcome your prayers if anybody out there is reading this.
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  1. Sat, Aug 18 2007
    Good luck, It sounds like all the tests are in her favor, hang in there and be strong for her. Good luck and you do have my prayers....Read

May 2007

  • Going in - by J.B. - (Tue, May 29 2007)
    Today I am going into surgery to remove a tumor from my left kidney. I first was misdiagnosed with a cyst 3 years ago. [more..]
  • Accidental find - by ROB - (Mon, May 28 2007)
    Hi..This is my first time on so I’ll try to explain my story as best as possible..About two months ago I was struggling with some siatic [sciatic] nerve pain on the left side of my body so I was referred for a ct scan…the results which followed would change life instantly! [more..]
  • Swollen Clavicle/Renal Cell - by RE - (Tue, May 22 2007)
    I am a 51 year old female. My story really begins two years ago wih the onset of high blood pressure I couldn’t get my MD to prescribe anything for it because he was not convinced I truly had it. [more..]
  • To Steve, RE: Renal Cancer - by James - (Thu, May 17 2007)
    Hello Steve, My prayers are with you and your wife. I want you to know that you’re not alone. [more..]
  • KIDNEY CANCER - by EB - (Tue, May 15 2007)
    To any one who knows about kidney cancer My husband was driving back from across the U.S. when he called me and asked what blood and clots meant when he went to the rest room. [more..]
  • RCC - Stage 2 - by Steve - (Thu, May 10 2007)
    Hi again, Well, I’m now at the treatment center with my wife, approximately 5 days into the unbelievable odyssey and we now know that she has been Dx’d with Renal Cell Carcinoma. [more..]
  • “Mass on right kidney” - by Steve - (Mon, May 07 2007)
    Greetings, I’m on the internet, researching furiously this latest challenge that has visited me and my wife. Just yesterday afteroon, 5/4, we received news that the CT Scan from that same morning, indicated a “grapefruit-sized mass attached to her right kidney.” [more..]

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