I'm so very sorry Dan,

I can't really help you as I have not had this type of cancer but I'm hoping that by replying your post will be pushed to the top of the pile so that people with experience will see it.

Good luck to you and your son.

Jan x

Thanks for your kind words Jan. the trouble is that this type of cancer it isn't so common but we will keep going and hopefully he will get through it all.

Looking on this forum there are many brave people out there fighting and it makes me feel humble reading their stories.

Dan

Hello Dan,

I just wanted to say hello and welcome you to the forum and hopefully you will get in touch with others here who have had this sort of surgery or has experience of kidney cancer. We do have a section of information about surgery for kidney cancer on our website. I also noticed a couple of recent threads on kidney cancer which might be of interest to you. Archer, for example, asked our nurses about recovery time after kidney removal which you can read here - you will also notice in this thread Thistle's reply and detailed personal account of kidney cancer sugery so feel free to respond to them. Your son's surgery may perhaps not be quite the same kind as described on that thread but it can always help to talk to someone else with kidney cancer.

I hope this helps and that you meet some people here who can relate to your son's situation.

Best wishes,

Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator

Dee

So sorry not to have replied sooner to you.I am so sorry to hear about your continued fight with cancer. It's good to be able to chat to someone else who is going through what my son is. He is seeing the surgeon in Leicester on Thursday and hopefully they should give him a date for his operation. It should be by the end of the month. What you have both got is not a very common cancer it seems so not much info out there. They say you can get by with one kidney. You have been through an awful lot already but don't give up keep thinking positive. Please keep in contact and you will both get through this. Take care and best wishes to you

Hello Dan I had transistional cell carcinoma in renal cell part of my left kidney which wad taken away along with my renal gland and my ureter I have been well until my last cystoscopy which was two and half years later when some re growth was. Found in my bladder this isn't good news but I'll deal with it there is lots of info on website about the different types of cancers and ways in which they can be treated I know it must be hard to see one of your children suffering but you have yo be strong for him best wishes Dee12