Multiple Primary Cancers

Hi everyone. I'm new to all this. I was diagnosed with 3 primary cancerous lesions, kidney, prostate and Lung. As I have had major stomach surgery in the past, the scar tissue as caused complications in being able to have robotic keyhole surgery to remove the lesions. In October I had open surgery to remove the cancerous section of my kidney. This resulted in me getting Sepsis and having a 4 week stay in hospital. I have now just been told, the only course of action left to treat my prostate cancer, is again, surgery. But again with my previous surgery's, do to the scar tissue it will have to be open surgery. I am obviously petrified at the thought of more surgery, especially as I got Sepsis last time. To make matters worse, my Mum died of Sepsis at 57, during surgery in 2006. I'm 59.

  • Hello Gord1029,

    Welcome to Cancer Chat.

    I'm sorry to hear how you're feeling about this upcoming surgery, particularly with your previous experience. It might help to raise this with the surgeons, if you haven't already so they fully understand your concerns. Our website has advice on surgery for prostate cancer, from preparation to after care, which you can refer to at anytime. I can imagine more surgery would make you anxious, but if you're finding things a little overwhelming you can also look at our page on coping with fear.

    I hope this is useful,

    Moderator Anastasia