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sassy · 08-01-2010, 03:55 PM

My father went in for surgery Friday for kidney cancer. Every test, scan, tumors in bladder, all indicated same.

Much to the surgeon's surprise, what he found was an area of "blisters" filled with milky substance that he will biopsy, but he said "it doesn't look like cancer." The other kidney "tumor" turned out to be a pinched area that became hard when filled with fluid, appearing as a tumor on the CT. Most likely from atrophy.

Got my fingers crossed that the "fluid" is nothing serious. But "it doesn't look like cancer" sounds pretty good to me!!

Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers.

08-01-2010, 03:55 PM	#1
sassy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Mountains of Virginia Posts: 2,267	Another miracle My father went in for surgery Friday for kidney cancer. Every test, scan, tumors in bladder, all indicated same. Much to the surgeon's surprise, what he found was an area of "blisters" filled with milky substance that he will biopsy, but he said "it doesn't look like cancer." The other kidney "tumor" turned out to be a pinched area that became hard when filled with fluid, appearing as a tumor on the CT. Most likely from atrophy. Got my fingers crossed that the "fluid" is nothing serious. But "it doesn't look like cancer" sounds pretty good to me!! Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers. __________________ Rhonda (Sassy) dx age 45 DX 2/15/05 Stage IIb (at surgery)restaged IIIa Left mast .9cm tumor 5 of 14 nodes Triple Positive 4 DD A/C 12 Taxol/Herceptin 33Rads Strange infect mast site one year aft surg, hosp 1 wk Herceptin for total of 18 months Lupron Monthly 4 yrs Neurontin for aches, pains and hot flashes(It works!) Ovaries removed 11/09 stop Lupron and Neurontin Arimidex 6 yrs (tried Femara, no SE improvement) Tried Exemestane-hips got so bad could hardly walk Back to Arimidex for year seven Zometa 2X Annual for 7years, Lasix Stop Arimidex 5/13 Stop Zometa 7/13-Bi-lateral Stress Fractures in Femurs from Zometa 5/14 Start Tamoxifen 3/15 Stem cell transplant to stimulate femur bone growth/healing 5/15 Complete fracture of right femur/Titanium rods both femurs 9/16 Start Evista stopTamoxifen 3/17 Stop Evista--unwelcome side effects! NED and no meds....... 14YEARS NED!