Unfortunately the hospital was supposed to save my last tumor but someone did not get the message and it was treated in the usual manner. My attitude at this time is fairly good. I do have some hope that the tumor will not return and am looking at some of the lower risk treatments for now. If cancer does return, then I will look at other higher risk options. I hope this will help someone out there if for nothing else then to spread the word about kidney cancer as a possibility if any symptom persists for years without some definitive diagnosis.
Surgery is scheduled in nine days to remove the tumor.
I am not quite a believer in that reality, but I wish the operation was tomorrow because I am losing lower limb function daily. The other bad news are a few nodules in my lungs. The previous little pixels that disappeared after the spine surgery were probably not cancer and disappeared only on film between the cm scans that are taken. The nodules measure about 5 and 8 cm. My doctor doesn't think they are large, but to me they are huge.