On 4/7/2008
Kim p wrote:
Well that does make more sense as to why they are not taking the kidney out. When my husband was about to go into surgery to have his brain tumor removed, the doctor warned us that renal tumors are very vascular ( I think this was the term for it) or in other words they tend to be more likely to bleed more. He did have to have a blood transfusion during that surgery but it was more of a precaution.
Did you dr. think if he took some type treatments and the tumor shrunk that they might remove the kidney then?
The very first dr. appt. he said that we should just get rid of the kidney, sent us to an uroligist for the surgery, even set us with an appt. to meet with him three weeks after the surgery. Then the uroligist gave us the news that there would not be any surgery. Immediatly after that the dr. put him on Nexavar. That was February of last year. He said there was no way the kidney was coming out. For us its like he is telling us that we will keep you on these pills only to give you more time rather than trying to save his life. I'm not expecting a miracle but I would like for the dr. to give him a chance. He is living with cancer not dying of cancer. As of now its only in some lymph nodes and I would think its best to get at it now instead of waiting till it gets worse.