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Just diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer: What treatments help?
Kidney Cancer | Last Active: Mar 23 7:37pm | Replies (24)Comment receiving replies
Dear Ron,
I’m also 67 years old, and at the end of 2023 I was diagnosed with kidney cancer. It was discovered by chance as well. I underwent a partial nephrectomy, and I’m currently in the follow-up phase. I believe surgery is the main treatment option. There’s also the possibility of freezing the cancer cells, but only your doctor can tell you if that applies in your situation.
Regarding work, I’ve continued working, and I think it’s helped me a lot emotionally. I’ve always been active in sports, and I still go running and work out. As for my diet, I’ve cut out anything that ends up turning into sugar in the body—of course, that includes sugar itself, flour, and so on.
Keep your spirits up; try not to focus solely on the illness. Make your days as positive and beautiful as possible. Practice meditation, and try to stay calm.
Sending a warm embrace,
Analía Soria Batista
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Thank you,
they do want to cut it out after they get it under control they said.
Not sure about work, it can be very stressful, I manager a large retail store and the combination of stress from work and the cancer is a lot of stress for me. It's affecting my sleep and home life. I am lucky to get 3 or 4 hours of sleep at night.
My concentration at work is terrible and the stress has made it so I have trouble remembering for 2 or 3 seconds, I will get up to go talk to someone and forget what I was going to do before I get out the door. Just not sure if I should take leave for a while and concentrate on the cancer. Also not having any idea how I am going to react to the treatment and how that is going to affect work is a concern.
enough whining, thanks everyone for the positive comments!