Hi,

I have been watching and listening to the Mayo Clinic Patient Education Symposisium all day. It has been amazing...so much good stuff. Thank you all. Gave me hope for my tough week. Read on, please.

I am in remission for CHrcc for 3 years and on Monday I had my annual MRI scan. My results came back and read: .."what is likely an 8.5 mm in size cyst at the level of the lower pole laterally as measured. This is mildly larger than in previous studies." Actually, it is quite larger...the MRI from the previous January in 2025 revealed a "subcentimeter cyst at the level of the lower pole of the right kidney."

I wrote to my doctor via the patient portal (Urologist for cancer) and expressed my concern as my appt with him is not until April. His reply was short and impersonal reading "Overall, not concerned with cyst. See you in April."

I was disappointed in not hearing a bit more about this latest and larger cyst. I spoke to a few people (not Dr. Google!) and they felt the growth was more than "mildly significant" as radiologist noted in report.

Any thoughts?

Thanks.