Author: KCCure

The support and information you receive on various pages and message boards like KCCure and Smart Patients are essential. You never feel alone. Being diagnosed last May with Renal Cell Carcinoma isn’t the first time this dreaded disease has hit my family. My eldest brother, Jim, was diagnosed and succumbed to the disease in 2009.  As a matter of fact, a cancer diagnosis was becoming common in my f...

I met Chris via an online dating site. We always joked about how we met. I would tell everyone how I made all the first moves and he would just laugh and try to argue that wasn’t the case…even though it was. He was a single father of one. That’s what initially drew me to him. He loved being a dad and he went above and beyond to take care of his daughter in every way. He went to every game, every a...

I have become a staunch supporter in advocacy and have helped others to do the same. I want to continue to work on that path, to help others empower themselves. On May 26, 2015, my husband pushed me into going to see a doctor for nausea and lower back pain. The MD thought it was my gall bladder and sent me for an ultrasound of my abdomen. The ultrasound technician told me to wait in the hospital w...

For  two years I struggled with severe urinary tract symptoms. It was August 2017 when I felt a strange pull and then excruciating bladder pain that debilitated everything I did. Then came the chronic fevers, fatigue, vomiting, and unrelenting back pain. My symptoms were constantly attributed to another serious illness I was fighting. July 2018 I woke up with severe abdominal pain, red gritty eyes...

I am trying to stay positive, enjoy life and do the things I like the most. My name is Corina, I am 40 years old and this is my story with kidney cancer. In September 2018, I did an ultrasound for some gallbladder issues.  They saw a mass on my left kidney.  I did a CT scan and an MRI in October 2018, that showed a 3 cm solid tumor with malignant tumor appearance. I had surgery on 11/27/2018 (lapa...

To everyone out there that may be facing this dreaded disease. First I’m sorry you have to join this kidney cancer patient group. Second and most important never give up! You can beat cancer. I am! Hello my name is Ken and this is my story. My journey into the dark and uncertain world of Kidney Cancer began sometime over the summer of 2012. I say sometime because this is when I believe the s...

Sallie shares her cancer journey that started with finding a “hijacker” on her kidney.   In November of 2018, my legs went out from under me when I received a call from my doctor.  He told me that the CT scan for my tummy was fine, however they had found RCC on my left kidney.  I was buying groceries for Thanksgiving at the time, and I will never forget that moment.  I pulled myself to...

Kathy Sweeney Cunnius shares her husband John’s story. My name is Kathy Sweeney Cunnius and I have been married for 23 years to my husband and my best friend. John never had an ailment during our entire marriage.  If he got a cold, that was a lot.  He did get shingles a few years back, and I said that’s shingles and he said no its not and waited a week to go to the doctor and guess what, it ...