u/Oldgraytomahawk

67 M here. Last October I tripped on my big goofy dog and fractured 2 ribs on my right side. They ran some scans and about a month later I get a message. Hey we saw something weird near your kidney and we’d like to run some more scans. Not a big deal though. 3 weeks later,another call,well it’s a growth of some sort but there’s less than a 2% chance it’s something serious,let’s run a dedicated scan. Another 3 weeks,there’s an 85% chance its Cancer. I opt to have it removed instead of biopsied and it was malignant. They originally wanted to do a robotic surgery but they couldn’t get it locked down and they cut me wide on the right side and pumped me full of gas to get to it. I’ve had several operations and never ever dealt with anything this bad. A proposed 2 say stay ended up being 2 weeks of either no food/water to liquid diet. They pumped 4.5 liters of bile out of my stomach and honestly,I prayed several times for it to just be over. My surgeon told me that out of 900 procedures he’s done,mine was the most problematic. I came here to say to get Cancer screenings but the story kinda got away from me so I’m sorry. I am 100% Cancer free though