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@gingerw
The CT scan that made the cyst discovery was made during a hospitalization; at the time the kidneys were not of any specific interest. So, it was just an inconsequential finding that (I’m guessing) the doctors didn’t pay any attention too at the time. But would have been nice for them to have mentioned it.
The Simple Kidney Cyst information you passed along was something I’d read earlier today. It seems to say, these kidney cyst are not a problem unless they are a problem. In other reading I did, the examples given were small cyst, not 5.5” baseball size.
Mine is likely not a problem, I hope. I mean surely if a five inch cyst was a possible problem, the hospital doctors would have mentioned it. Just seems someone should have said something. I only learned of the cyst today as I was looking over old blood work and test and trying to put together what’s going on with me.
Now I’m just antsy and hoping someone here has insight about (what seems to me) a large cyst in this area and, uh, if size really does matter.
The journal you mentioned keeping is something I will do, thanks for that idea. I’ve been sick now for many months, and it has escalated in the last six or eight weeks. Now it’s getting hard to remember what effect a medication change made and how things became different.
Thanks again.
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Don’t know how much I can help but unless the measurement was the diameter(draw a straight line from one side of a circle to the other), it the circumstances(or the whole outside of a circle) that is 5 1/2 inches. I just measured it and the diameter is just about 2” or about the size of a large golf ball maybe an old silver dollar. It’s still quite large and I have cysts in both kidneys. The right one gives me problems and causes pain. If I remember correctly while checking about my cysts, it’s filled with a liquid. They can put a needle into it and aspirate(I think that’s the word) and drain the fluid out of it. Yours is quite large an you need to see a doctor or specialist immediately. Your body is already screaming out to you saying HELP ME.
Not to scare you, but I have precancerous cells that are progressing to cancer and I have personally had the same symptoms you’re exhibiting. A number of problems can also cause the symptoms, like menopause. I imagine if that cyst pops while you’re asleep, you could be in serious trouble as the fluid inside the cyst is in the kidney if it’s in the kidney or in you body causing who knows what kind of problems. I get enough CT Scans checking my mutating cancer cells and keeping an eye on both of my kidneys. Your CBC or CMP bloodwork should tell you how bad your kidneys are damaged. My right kidney has been bothering me for weeks and my cancer screening bloodwork is only a short time away. Good luck. @becky1024