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Surgery
Procedure or Surgery
I was actually diagnosed with kidney cancer when they were removing my kidneys for another disease (polycystic kidney disease). Th...
0 CommentsWent as Expected: Strongly Agree Minimal Recovery: Strongly Agree Minimal Side Effects: Strongly Agree Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Strongly Agree -
High Dose Interleukin 2
Drug or Chemo Therapy
High dose interleukin2 is the only drug given for RCC that can give the patient a cure. I was filled with lung mets, quite ill, and ...
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Surgery
Procedure or Surgery
The surgery was uneventful, but I had been misdiagnosed for eight months, with a small scabbed-over stomach ulcer, which was to acco...
0 CommentsWent as Expected: Strongly Disagree Minimal Recovery: Agree Minimal Side Effects: Agree Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Agree -
Diarrhea
Side Effects
0 CommentsSwitched from 4 weeks on and 2 weeks on to 2 weeks on and 1 week off.
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Surgery
Procedure or Surgery
I have had two procedures. A nephrectomy in June 2015 and a lobectomy in April 2016.
0 CommentsWent as Expected: Agree Minimal Recovery: Neutral/NA Minimal Side Effects: Agree Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Neutral/NA -
I have cancer at all
Oh No
2 CommentsI was shocked with my diagnosis and then things moved so fast to removal of my kidney I din't have much time to think about it. But ...
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Milestones
0 CommentsI had my annual check up in May.... happy to say I am still cancer free... 4 years now.... next year will have all of my follow up t...
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CT/PET scan
Other Care
0 CommentsHave learned all about PET scans now---did you know the current standard is to always do a CT scan without contrast first, and the "...
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Psychosocial
Other Care
0 CommentsThe greatest therapy for me was to help other patients cope with cancer. This I do by running support groups and issuing a newslette...
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Whether or not to have immunotherapy (Interferon)
Decision Point
0 CommentsI made the decision to not have any further treatment. Thankfully it appears to have been the right path.
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Decision Point
5 CommentsSaw local Oncologist who is in the same group as my Urologist and Surgeon. He has ordered PET Scan because I want to know how many...