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Cryoablation for kidney tumor: What's it like? And the recover?
Kidney Cancer | Last Active: Jun 13 11:22am | Replies (13)Comment receiving replies
Hello - my cryoablation procedure is this coming Thursday June 18. The tumor is 1.7-1.8 cm. They told me the procedure time is three hours. MS and general anesthesia don't play well together but my MS neurologist wants this tumor out asap as do I. So Thursday is looming. Meanwhile, I'm heading outside to water my flowers before this heatwave hits Seattle area. What fun! At least I have A/C. It's only two days and then we get our cooling onshore ocean breezes.
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@donnachaidh Please let us know how this goes. Wishing you the best!
I’m 77, with fibro, and have been diagnosed with 14mm kidney lesion after CT for left flank pain. The pain was musculoskeletal - but it continues, and I can’t help but think these are weakened flank muscles aggravated and inflamed by over-sensitive nerves near the site of my recent UTI. The flank pain started 2 weeks before typical UTI symptoms became more pronounced. Two years ago, I had a UTI preceded by severe left hip inflammation that left me unable to walk due to clenched, painful muscles.
Just had a second CT scan to determine if lesion, an incidental finding from previous scan, is a fluid filled benign cyst or solid tumor. In any case, the urologist has said the protocol for someone my age, given the risks involved with infection & poor healing if the lesion is removed, suggests the best treatment is active monitoring its slow growth with regular imaging.
I’m uncertain about this, as I can’t help but wonder if the lesion is causing my over-sensitive fibro nerves to react and become inflamed. The flank pain hasn’t really improved. After three months, I don’t always feel it in the morning, but by evening, I’ve moved around enough to feel the pain. It’s like a really tired, weak muscle that won’t heal. I’ve had to quit exercising, as repetitive motion - which engages my core muscles - sets off a painful inflammatory left flank response.
I have symptoms similar to MS, but MS was ruled out by a neurological workup a couple years ago. It’d been forty years since fibro was diagnosed. Idiopathic peripheral neuropathy was discovered, however.
Wondering what would happen if my lesion were removed with ablation. I know it’s right in an area where urine drains to the bladder, which is another reason my urologist wants to leave it alone. But the flank pain is incapacitating to the degree that my movement is limited. I can no longer take anti-inflammatory drugs, as I’ve had internal, spontaneous bleeding while on baby aspirin. Tylenol doesn’t really work. Last week, the flank pain caused my nearby hip muscles to become tight, inflamed, and painful - could barely walk. Hard to manage these issues!