I went back to see the Urologist the next week and he told me that they were not able to get to the tumor because it had not extended into the middle part of the kidney where the waste water(urine) is made but the good news was the ureter and bladder were fine and disease free. So where do we go from here...his recommendation was to remove the kidney completely because in 80 percent of these cases the tumors are cancerous. I asked about just removing the tumor and because of where it was located if the tumor was removed the kidney would collapse and would shrink up, die and have to be removed any way. The kidney would be removed by laparoscopically which decreases reovery time and is less intrusive.
The Urologist left my husband and I alone to discuss our options like we really had any. Leave the kidney with the tumor or remove the kidney and the tumor. We decided to have the kidney removed and be 100 percent cancer free again.
Now the question was when were they going to get this thing out of me. The good news is that kidney cancer is a slow growing cancer but I did not care I wanted to be rid of it.
I am really fortunate to have a very understanding husband who truly loves and supports me because I don't think I would have made it through this without him. After my first bout of cancer he went to counseling with me so that we could deal with the cancer together and because we of this we were able to face this together again.
At the beginning of February I got a call at work from my husband, the mail had come and there was a letter form the Urologist can he open it. I told him to go ahead it was my surgery date and information for my pre-op appointment. March 2, 1012 was the date I would be cancer free again!
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