Newly diagnosed. What am I in for?
Newly diagnosed. The urologist found a contained papillary tumor in my left kidney. After CT without and with contrast and a uteroscopy with biopsy they determined that it was a low-grade carcinoma from the biopsy with high grade cells in the urine. Everybody's talking about taking the kidney. No one is talking about chemo. I see the kidney/urinary cancer specialist at MD Anderson tomorrow. He is going to take the samples from the original exploratory and send them past another pathologist to make sure. If I do lose one kidney what should I expect, specifically with recovery time? How long before I can lift things (I am getting ready to move). I am 68 years old and not in great shape.
PS I'm scared as hell, mad at God, and completely paralyzed into watching TV, eating and sleeping, and playing with the cat.