July 28th 2005 - Congragulations, Its Twins
Finally got the results of the biopsy. There was not one tumor but two. The first one was 13cm. The second was 11cm. That is 24cm of tumor. 9 inches. How the hell was that in my body without me noticing!?
Besides that, there was some suprising good news in the results. Despite the size, the tumor had not broken outside of the kidney. This means it was stage II, not stage IV as originally thought. Stage IV is almost always fatal. Additionally, the tumor turned out to be a chromophobe type tumor. From the little reading I had done on the internet I knew that this was the least aggressive form of kidney cancer. For the first time I feel that survival is a possibility. It will all depend on what is going on in my chest. The one disadvantage to the chromophobe sub-type was that it is so rare they have no idea how to treat it if it has spread.
My mood has improved a little.
Besides that, there was some suprising good news in the results. Despite the size, the tumor had not broken outside of the kidney. This means it was stage II, not stage IV as originally thought. Stage IV is almost always fatal. Additionally, the tumor turned out to be a chromophobe type tumor. From the little reading I had done on the internet I knew that this was the least aggressive form of kidney cancer. For the first time I feel that survival is a possibility. It will all depend on what is going on in my chest. The one disadvantage to the chromophobe sub-type was that it is so rare they have no idea how to treat it if it has spread.
My mood has improved a little.
posted by cheesie_67 at 3:07 PM
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