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Nephrectomy is the surgical removal of a kidney.
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Treatment Success Rate
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| Condition | Members | Success |
| Renal Cell Carcinoma (K... | 79 |
92% |
Overall, 92% (79
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okay after
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Some abdominal pain for a few days but all in all, I feel pretty good.
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I have no kidneys left due to kidney stones [that was the left kidney]however it was discovered i had renal cancer so they took my remaining kidney and i am now having chemo
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Removed right kidney 12/16/08 and went home on 12/20/08. VERY PAINFUL. I sleep in a recliner and I am very weak and tired. I had the open procedure so my scar is about 10 inchs long.
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It worked for 8 years. Now my remaining kidney is affected and it has metastesized to my lungs.
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Had left kidney and adrenal gland as well as lymph node removed 11/17/08.
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Painful
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whether partial or radical, open or laparoscopic, still the only good option.
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Op went well I was out in 4 days, still very numb on my stomach but my other kidney is working very well.
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Surgery seemed to have helped at this point. We were told that they have removed all of the tumor from the vena cava and the heart and the kidney was removed along with the lymph nodes and adrenal gland.
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I need some advice from this very wise group. What info do you know about having a nephrectomy. I am strongly considering having one in the next cou... [More] -
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Your post was very uplifting to me because I will also be a having a nephrectomy soon (bilateral, before transplant). Thanks for checking in and I ho... [More] -
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don't know what happened to my first reply. Tami, I'm so glad you feel better and it sounds as if your nephrectomy was a big success. I had a bilate... [More] -
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I had a bilateral nephrectomy post transplant because I continued to have infections in my native kidneys. it was not an easy surgery but I benefitted... [More] -
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I'm having a left nephrectomy on September 10th. My doctors did a split renal scan (radio nucleotide test) and discovered that my left kidney was bare... [More]
