Hello Freddie123 and welcome to Cancer Chat! 

I just wanted to wish you the best of luck for your procedure on the 9th of January.  It is normal for you to be feeling nervous at the moment and I hope you will hear from others here who have previously had an open radical nephrectomy. We have information on our website about the radical nephrectomy which you can read here. I hope this will be useful to you but if you had any questions, you are always welcome to ring our free nurse helpline on this number 0808 800 4040 - their line is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm. 

If you do a search on our forum for 'open radical nephrectomy' via our search function (located in the blue banner at the top), you will be able to see past threads on the topic and feel free to respond to those you feel would be relevant to you. 

Keeping everything crossed for you for the 9th. I hope it all goes well! Do keep us updated if you get a moment. 

Best wishes, 

Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator