Hi. New here but think it's good to get stuff off your chest. All my symptoms started back in February, in gran canaria about to run an ultra marathon and started getting pain in my abdomen and round in my left hand side lower back. Started peeing blood so just assumed it was a UTI which is what my doctors said when I got back in the country. So was given antibiotics, seemed to clear it up but could sense something still wasn't right. 6 weeks later pains and blood came back so off I went to the doctors again for them to now tell me I had an STD and had to go to our local sexual health clinic....... as you can imagine that went down well with the other half.
Went to clinic for them to tell me i shouldn't be there i need to get to A&E now. So with a week in hospital and a CT scan told that i have an enlarged kidney that has next to no function. Discharged i was asked to go back 6 weeks later for an MRI. Had a letter a week or 2 later saying that the kidney should come out as it's not doing alot so no point it being in there and causing me issues. Was told it more than likely isn't anything sinister but got to treat it as cancer so can't remove it key hole has to be a full opening.
September came and I was on the table have my left radical nephrectomy. Out of hospital 6 days later, 35 staples and a rather large wound across my front. Went back for my follow up and was told I had clear cell renal cell carcinoma. T3a, N0, MX.
Back in a few weeks for the first of 6 monthly CT scans for the next 5 years.
Being told stuff like this when you class yourself as a fit healthy person really messes with your head. Not that it matters how fit and healthy you try to be.
