The cancer survivor's restorative thread

[Ms_Ann]

A couple years ago a ct scan revealed a tumor on my left kidney. Long story short, I had to have it removed. It was a scary process to go through and anyone that has had to deal with some usually random doctor dropping the "c" word and initiating that journey rarely comes out the other side unchanged. The scars can be more than the physical. Feel free to unburden your anxieties "absque iudicio".

 

[EternalFantasy]

1. What percentage of the kidney became cancerous.


2. What changes have you made since.

 

[Ms_Ann]

1. What percentage of the kidney became cancerous.


2. What changes have you made since.

The tumor was 4.5 cm but the problem was the location. It was adjacent to the renal artery and they couldn't separate it, so everything had to go. I have to avoid certain meds and stay hydrated and of course, every new ache and pain I think is cancer. I was lucky tho. Most kidney tumors go undetected until you start peeing blood.

 

[EternalFantasy]

1. Ya. I hate today's doctors.

2. From your posts, doesn't sound like you've made prevention changes, nor care for your health to be this afraid.

 

[Fata Morgana]

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[Ms_Ann]

1. Ya. I hate today's doctors.

2. From your posts, doesn't sound like you've made prevention changes, nor care for your health to be this afraid.

How so?

 

[Super-Surprise]

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Reported for "FLAMING" homosexuality!

 

[Fata Morgana]

Reported for "FLAMING" homosexuality!

Flatters is not gay.

 

[Pookie]

Dustin Hoffman is a cancer survivor. He was successfully treated for a throat tumor a few years ago. In years past, that would've been a death sentence.


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[Pookie]

Patrick Swayze wasn't so lucky with his cancer. Hopefully that type of tragedy will disappear with the further advancement of medical science.


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[Ms_Ann]

Don't smoke. That's a given.


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[Ms_Ann]

Swayze. Pancreatic cancer. That's still a tough one. Walking around dead guy had that. We watched him slowly fade away, day by day until he was just gone.

 

[RobDownSouth]

The tumor was 4.5 cm but the problem was the location. It was adjacent to the renal artery and they couldn't separate it, so everything had to go. I have to avoid certain meds and stay hydrated and of course, every new ache and pain I think is cancer. I was lucky tho. Most kidney tumors go undetected until you start peeing blood.

This was my best friend's problem too. He had a 2 cm tumor and complained of "back pain" for two months. They finally gave him an MRI: "The good news is your back is fine, the bad news is there's a cancerous tumor the size of a dime on your kidney".

They somehow managed to cut it out, but his rehab was a nightmare (junk and tissue continually flowing from kidney into his bladder and getting infected).

 

[Ms_Ann]

I suppose the most valuable lesson I learned was that not all doctors are created equally. The er doc that found it looked 12, and really wasn't looking to find a tumor but had the wherewithal to recognize it. I guess my stoic reaction caused him to say you're going to do something about this, right?

The first doc I went to see was supposed to be the best in town. He turned out to be a putz so I fired him. The second guy was the best in the area. He sent me to Mayos.

As you climb that ladder you start to see the levels of competence. So when they say get a second opinion, do it.

 

[hashtag46]

I know what you're trying to do by starting the thread here.

Excellent and clever move, Ann.

 

[Ms_Ann]

I know what you're trying to do by starting the thread here.

Excellent and clever move, Ann.

Oh Hashy, Hashy, Hashy...

Got an email at work for a charity poker party for a young guy in another department. His wife was diagnosed with stage 4 of some kind of cancer. 2 kids. Probly makes 40k.

Now I don't really play poker and sure I could send them a c note, but damn. I know what that's gonna cost. Now he's The Guy With The Sick Wife.

 

[lovecraft68]

My wife had a total of 14 tumors removed from both kidneys in 2014, second surgery was at NIH in mD because her cancer was rare, not the way to be special. But she still has 80% of both kidneys.

Back in November they found another small one, but they were able to just go in with the needle and freeze it.

Cancer sucks.

 

[Ms_Ann]

My wife had a total of 14 tumors removed from both kidneys in 2014, second surgery was at NIH in mD because her cancer was rare, not the way to be special. But she still has 80% of both kidneys.

Back in November they found another small one, but they were able to just go in with the needle and freeze it.

Cancer sucks.

They tried to freeze mine twice. I remember you telling me this story.

 

[lovecraft68]

They tried to freeze mine twice. I remember you telling me this story.

Yours sounded way too big to freeze. She-and I'm sure you now-is being monitored. She has two scans a year to catch them when they're that small to get rid of them easily like that.

 

[Fata Morgana]

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[Ms_Ann]

Mayo Clinic- Cancer survivors: Care for your body after treatment

 

[Emerson40]

Mayo Clinic - Factitious Disorder: Treatment and drugs

 

[Incarcerated]

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"Daddy, you are dying of cancer. So, I'm going to allow you to masturbate while
looking at me topless while I'm playing with my breasts."

Thank you honey for being so generous. Can I touch you with one hand?

"Sorry, but I don't like men who view their daughters as sexual objects."

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"This is getting boring. Daddy, did you make sure that I'm the sole executor of
your estate and everything is mine after you are dead?"

Yes princess, I did.

"That's a good boy."

 

[Ms_Ann]

I think I'm starting to develop adhesions. Ninety-three percent of people who have abdominal surgery develop an adhesion, and most have no problems. It’s impossible to predict how much scar tissue you’ll have, though. It varies from person to person.

 

[NorthFloridian]

A couple years ago a ct scan revealed a tumor on my left kidney. Long story short, I had to have it removed. It was a scary process to go through and anyone that has had to deal with some usually random doctor dropping the "c" word and initiating that journey rarely comes out the other side unchanged. The scars can be more than the physical. Feel free to unburden your anxieties "absque iudicio".

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