Hi all
i am a 62 yr old male who feels very lucky and blessed, I peed blood Christmas Eve 2021, I emailed my GP and within 10 mins I had a call to pop in and give a wee sample. At midday I got a call to say my wee had confirmed blood and had organised an appointment for seeing the GP 29th December. The doc took my bloods, checked prostrate and organised an urology visit first week in 2022. The 4th Jan had my bladder and prostrate looked at which showed a small clot on my prostrate, but to be safe ordered a scan on my Kidney which I had on Thursday 6th Jan I then had an email on Friday 7th with a appointment for Monday 10th when I got told I had a tumour on my Kidney. I then on the Thursday had a second scan to check my chest and lungs to look for any other possible signs of spread. This was clear and on the 17th Feb I had my Kidney removed by keyhole surgery. Today I had the post opp meeting which showed the tumour was a particularly nasty one, but no spread or signs of spread have been found.
Whilst still a little sore I cannot believe how quick an efficient the hospital has been and how well I have been treated from day one. To have not followed up one instance of coloured wee and not gone to GP the tumour which had grown out of the kidney and become 10cm in size and being an aggressive cancer would almost definitely been terminal this year.
I write this to just demonstrate how important it is to notify the GP of any signs or symptoms and not just (as we so normally do ) shrug it off and do nothing.
I wish all of my fellow cancer sufferers a speedy recovery.
Bob R
