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I had my MRI of abdomen and pelvis this afternoon. I was a little nervous. I have never had an MRI before. It felt confining. It took a long time but the tech prepared me well. I had contrast. The tech let me listen to Vivaldi’s Four Seasons which helped. What worries me is that they will find Mets. I have a CT of chest tomorrow. I will get results next week. I don’t feel ill. I actually feel OK except for fatigue and lowered energy level which I feel comes from having a solitary kidney. I take Clonazepam for sleep and yes I do wake up sometimes between 2-3 am but now I am able to go back to sleep. It’s been 5 months since I had the nephrectomy not a very long time. I get frustrated because I have always been very healthy and then they found a tumor! I am trying to adjust to my new life but this experienceis so very life changing! I just have to keep things in perspective and not let a cancer diagnosis govern my life!
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I found out that I had a solitary kidney in 2006 during a PET scan prior to beginning chemotherapy for breast cancer. I was 58. Until I hit my 40s, I was active and relatively healthy. Then I started a new job and then a business which consumed every waking moment until I was diagnosed with breast cancer. At 71, I have this that and the other in addition to all the fun stuff that seems to comes along with aging and being a stage IIIB cancer survivor. (13 years now!)
Living with a single kidney hasn’t been responsible for any of my deficits so far. I am careful to keep well hydrated and don’t drink alcohol. Those are the only things I do to keep my kidney as healthy as possible. So go for it! In addition to being active, I had 2 sons well before I knew I had only 1 kidney.
I think what I’m trying to say is that you can live quite normally with 1 kidney. All the best...