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All ideas and info. provided here are to be discussed with your medical professionals. I am NOT Medically trained. I have merely had this vile disease since 1998 - always use your Common Sense and seek expert medical advice.
YOU MAY FIND THE LINKS in text and in the Right Sidebar of Help.
I can NOT vouch for any external site that I may direct readers to & therefore can NOT accept any legal responsibility - this is a personal blog of that which I believe only.
I do NOT believe there are magical cures hidden from us by our medical professionals though there are without doubt cases that seem cured as if by magic. Medical knowledge of this disease is very rudimentary and research frequently profligate but pointless!
However - sticking goji berries in your ear on a moonless night or similar WILL NOT HELP - Nor will the price paid for quackery be it here OR Mexico, Brazil or China!
There are many health care professionals trying their very best with great care and compassion but perfection is a little way off!
Be Minded:
I have cancer - cancer does not have me!

"Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, it seems to me most strange that men should fear;
Seeing that death, a necessary end, will come when it will come". - (Julius Caesar - Act II, Scene II).
Showing posts with label Kidney Cancer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kidney Cancer. Show all posts

Sunday, 3 February 2013

Miracles DO Happen - A Smile Does So Much

Miracles DO Happen - A Smile Does So Much 
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Jill Brzezinski-Conley, Breast Cancer Patient, Stars In Stunning Paris Photo Shoot By Sue Bryce (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

The Huffington Post  |  By Posted:   |  Updated: 02/02/2013 5:05 am EST

A beautiful woman twirls in front of the Eiffel Tower, decked out in a pale pink gown that makes her look like she stepped out of a fairytale. She smiles brightly and laughs as she gets her picture taken by Australian portrait photographer of the year Sue Bryce. But this is no ordinary fashion photo shoot.

The "model," Jill Brzezinski-Conley, was diagnosed with breast cancer a day before her 32nd birthday, underwent a double mastectomy -- and now, at 35, has incurable stage-4 breast cancer which has metastasized to her bone. 

In late August, Brzezinski-Conley, who lives with her husband in Kentucky, went to visit her childhood friend Nikki Closser, a wedding photographer in Seattle. "[Nikki] took pictures of me, and I was like, 'Nikki, I want you to take pictures of my breasts so that maybe we can send in the photos to magazines for breast cancer month [in October],'" Brzezinski-Conley told The Huffington Post. "[The media] never shows what breast cancer looks like." 

After the session, Closser emailed the pictures along with Brzezinski-Conley's story to Bryce, whose work she had admired. Inspired, Bryce contacted both women right away and invited Brzezinski-Conley to Skype into a CreativeLIVE workshop where she surprised her with the offer of a photo shoot -- in Paris. Three weeks later, Bryce, Brzezinski-Conley and Closser were off to the City of Light for five days, with a videographer in tow. 

"It was a million times better than what I ever dreamed of," said Brzezinski-Conley. "For the first time, in those five days, I felt like Cinderella. I didn’t feel like a cancer patient. They made me feel like a supermodel, and it was the nicest feeling ... I didn’t want to go back home." 

She hopes that her story -- and the images that accompany it -- will inspire other women to feel good about their bodies, regardless of how they look. She especially hopes that they reach other women in their 20s and 30s who are battling cancer. "I wanted the photo shoot to be for women who look like me, [to show them that] they can still feel sexy and beautiful," Brzezinski-Conley told HuffPost

But she doesn't want the only message she gets across to be about beauty. She's also passionate about educating young women about breast cancer, since she put off seeing a doctor for a year after she noticed that she had an inverted nipple. "If I would’ve known [that] an inverted nipple was a sign of breast cancer, I would've gotten checked up right away," she told HuffPost. "I always wonder if my cancer would have been at a different stage [if I had]." Her advice to young women is simple: "Be educated, learn your body, learn the signs of breast cancer." 

Brzezinski-Conley wants us to start seeing breast cancer instead of just talking about it -- and these personal photos are certainly more memorable than a pink ribbon.

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Here is the comment I left to encourage others and show there is hope:
Hi,

there is hope:

I presented with cancer symptoms in Nov-1998!
I had Kidney Cancer!
I have had a radical nephrectomy
Bladder Cancer
Tumours in the abdomen.
In April 2011 my oncology consultant said he did not believe I could expect to live much past June or July!
As it promised pain care and hands on attention - NOT a realistic chance of cure - I opted for high dosage chemo and after that high level Radio therapy.

I'm still here and was declared cancer free for the first time in 13 years 18 months ago.


My scans last Thursday still show me cancer free.


Never forget YOU may have cancer but NEVER let cancer have YOU!

Sh*t happens but that is NEVER an excuse to roll in it.

Congratulations to Jill as if one has one day, one week, one month, one year or an entire lifetime left to you there is no excuse for self pity and no reason to be miserable - leave your family, your friends and the world with an image of your smile!


See: http://bit.ly/KUxR5h


Good luck Jill.

Regards,
Greg_L-W.

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I just want to say sorry for copping out at times and leaving Lee and friends to cope!
Any help and support YOU can give her will be hugely welcome.
I do make a lousy patient!
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Saturday, 22 December 2012

Cryoablation can freeze out Kidney Cancer

Cryoablation can freeze out Kidney Cancer
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The icy blast using freezing gas that kills off kidney cancer without the need for surgery

  • Cryoablation freezes and destroys the cancer using argon gas passed to the tumour tissue through fine needles in the patient's skin
  • No surgery is needed and patients can leave hospital the next day
  • Suitable for patients with tumours less than 2in in diameter or for those where surgery is considered too risky
By Alice Grebot
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 A remarkable procedure that uses freezing gas to destroy kidney cancers is offering hope to the 8,000 Britons diagnosed with the disease each year. The technique means no stitches, just an overnight hospital stay, and faster recovery times than traditional surgery. 
 
Kidney tumours are usually treated through open or keyhole surgery, with either the kidney, or a portion containing the tumour, removed.
 
With cryoablation, however, there are no large incisions. Instead, extreme cold temperatures are used to effectively freeze, and therefore kill, the cancerous cells.
How it works: Argon gas is pumped through tiny needles to freeze and destroy the tumour
How it works: Argon gas is pumped through tiny needles to freeze and destroy the tumour
During the procedure, a number of fine hollow needles are placed directly through a patient’s skin into the tumour tissue, through which argon gas is then passed. This freezes and then destroys the cancer.
 
Patients usually leave hospital the next day and are able to return to work a week later. Other advantages include reduced risk of bleeding and infection, and limited damage to surrounding healthy kidney tissue.
 
It is suitable for patients whose tumours are less than 2in in diameter or for those where surgery is considered too risky. 
 
Cryoablation can also be used to treat tumours of the bone and prostate. 

It is a technique within interventional radiology, which  uses image-guidance – CT, ultrasound or MRI scans – in a similar way to  X-rays, allowing doctors to view inside the body and target treatments. ‘The idea behind interventional  radiology is to treat patients in the least invasive way possible,’ says Dr David Breen, consultant abdominal radiologist at the University Hospital of Southampton. 
 
‘It offers a new area of treatments for cancer, as well as other conditions. Scanners are identifying cancers at ever earlier stages, so, in some cases, we’re able do less invasive procedures and avoid the need for surgery.’
Speedy recovery: Patients who undergo cryoablation can usually leave hospital the following day
Speedy recovery: Patients who undergo cryoablation can usually leave hospital the following day
According to Dr Breen, cryoablation itself isn’t new; it has been used for some years, often in conjunction with keyhole surgery. What is new, he says, is the fact it can now be performed with the needles, also known as probes, being put directly through a patient’s skin. ‘It’s part of a growing trend towards less invasive procedures for small cancers,’ he says. ‘Results are outstanding and data indicates ablation may be equally effective as surgery for these small kidney tumours.’ 
 
Dr Breen performs the cryoablation procedure with patients under general anaesthetic. ‘Using the CT scanner to produce an image of the tumour, four or five probes are inserted,’ he says. ‘These needles are thinner than a pencil lead. Gas is passed through the probes, which makes the tips of the needles extremely cold – minus 150C. This generates ice around the probes to freeze and kill the tumour. 
 
‘The process takes 30 minutes, during which we can see the ice growing on the CT scan and enveloping the tumour.’ Afterwards, the dead tissue withers away and is broken down over time. The procedure has negligible effects on kidney function.
 
In January, Danielle Norman, 33, from Southampton, underwent the procedure, after being diagnosed with a cancerous kidney tumour. ‘The recovery time of six weeks associated with normal surgery wasn’t possible for me, as I have two children, Niamh, seven, and Aedan, two,’ says Danielle. 

‘I was referred to Dr Breen. I was a little sceptical, as the tumour isn’t actually removed, but he was very reassuring.’
 
Danielle underwent the procedure on January 24 and was back at home the next day. ‘I was a little sore but within a week it was as if nothing had happened.’ Danielle has a few tiny scars where the probes went in. Her follow-up scans show a good outcome. ‘At a scan in August, the doctors said they can see the tumour is shrinking, which is great,’ she says.

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I just want to say sorry for copping out at times and leaving Lee and friends to cope!
Any help and support YOU can give her will be hugely welcome.
I do make a lousy patient!
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Thursday, 12 January 2012

Daily Mail reports Kidney Cancer accidental death

Daily Mail reports Kidney Cancer accidental death
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A widow died on an operating table after a surgeon tried to remove the wrong organ, an inquest heard today. 



Widow dies on operating table when surgeon tries to remove liver instead of her kidney

 

  • Amy Francis underwent surgery for kidney cancer
  • Trainee loses confidence during operation
  • Liver ruptures causing death
  • Hospital admits to error

By SADIE WHITELOCKS

Amy Francis, 77, underwent keyhole surgery to remove a cancerous right kidney last July.
But during the operation at the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, her liver ruptured as it was mistakenly pulled out and, despite desperate efforts to save her, she died of internal bleeding.
Consultant urologist Dr Adam Carter, admitted to the error and highlighted that as a result of the death, a modified operating procedure had been communicated 'worldwide'.
Her son Alan, 52, praised Dr Carter for his honesty and the  hospital for 'owning up' early.
Following the hearing he said: 'We appreciated Mr Carter’s honesty and him coming along here today and hope that we can put it all behind us now.
'I think that it was the honesty that saved the hospital. If we thought that they had not answered our questions it would have been different. 
'This was an honest mistake.'
Retired accountant, Mrs Francis, was diagnosed with kidney cancer and was due to be treated after she had recovered from the routine surgery.
 
But during the operation Dr Carter allowed a trainee, who had never performed the procedure before, to locate and remove the organ.
As the trainee wasn't confident enough to remove the organ Dr Carter was forced to take over, and during the changeover confusion occurred.
When he attempted to remove the kidney he was immediately told by the anesthetist that the patient’s blood pressure was dropping and he realised his mistake.
Consultant urologist Dr Adam Carter, admitted to the fatal error during an operation performed at the Royal Gwent Hospital
Consultant urologist Dr Adam Carter, admitted to the fatal error during an operation performed at the Royal Gwent Hospital
Two senior surgeons were called to the scene and every effort was made to save Mrs Francis, but they were unsuccessful.
David Bowen, the coroner for Gwent, said: 'Whilst undergoing keyhole surgery for the necessary removal of the cancerous kidney, Mrs Francis’s liver was ruptured when it was mistakenly and unintentionally identified as the kidney and was catastrophically torn and damaged, resulting in death.' 
Dr Carter said he had carried out the procedure 20 times since the death without a problem.
Son Alan said before the inquest finished: 'We accept the decision and we also accept that Mr Carter and his team acted in good faith to prolong my mother’s life.
'We also appreciated his honesty and wish him well for the future and hope he goes on to do other successful operations.'
Over the last 40 years, the number of cases of kidney cancer has doubled in men and risen by 130 per cent in women, a trend which is believed to be linked to rising obesity figures.
There were 3638 new cases diagnosed in men and 2118 new cases diagnosed in woman in England during 2007.

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I received this same operation 05-Sep-2001, in the same theater, but then laparascopic surgery for a nephrectomy due to cancer was NOT often practiced and my operation was a full open operation sadly this increases the risks of infection and prolongues recovery but despite serious infection and a fully herniated wound the operation saved my life.

YES accidents happen in surgery as it is not an exact science - Obviously there was no intention to cause an infection nor intent to create a massive inoperable hernia - It is called an accident and I totally endorse the attitude of Mrs. Francis's family, I also endorse the decision to protect the tranee surgeon from identification and clearly the responsibility, if not the action, was Adam Carter's.

I have known Adam Carter since before he took over leading the team when Windsor Bowsher sadly died 11-May-2011. His actions in this issue have been entirely honourable as I would expect and I would be happy to have him operate on me, if I ever need further complex surgery.


Some weeks after my operation a friend of mine, who is a senior nurse at the same hospital, lost her father on that same operating table whilst having a nephrectomy due to cancer. 

In his case the death was unrelated to his cancer or his kidney as he died of a massive heart attack at the very start of the operation and despite being in exactly the right pl;ace to help him survive the team were unable to revive him.

Yes accidents and tragedies happen and the risks are higher in hospitals but with a clear case of an accident that the hospital and medical team immediately keep the family or victim informed - unless there is clear negligence or similar - there is no moral 'right' to capitalise on the accident.

I am sure that Mrs. Francis would have been proud of her family's response to her unfortunate ACCIDENT, just as I applaud Adam Carter's courage in being totally transparent.

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I just want to say sorry for copping out at times and leaving Lee and friends to cope!
Any help and support YOU can give her will be hugely welcome.
I do make a lousy patient!
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Sunday, 17 April 2011

17-Apr-2011 - Casual Reading AS YOU DO!! 'CISPLATIN'

17-Apr-2011 - Casual Reading AS YOU DO!! 'CISPLATIN'

A recent article in the Mich. State University Alumni magazine (Spring 2011)
talks about the late Dr. Barney Rosenberg who developed the anti-cancer drug
Cisplatin (Platinol) and used with carboplatin (Paraplatin)- these two drugs are
rarely used alone.

" They are key ingredients in many combinations of drugs,
radiation and surgery that make cancers survivable, according to the director of
clinical research of one of the world's top cancer hospitals.

Cisplatin became the backbone of combination therapy for testicular,bladder,lung,ovarian,head and
neck,gastric cancers and recently for triple negative breast cancer and a number
of other less common tumors"

according to Bruce A. Chabner in Rosenberg's obituary published in Cancer Research.

The MSU article further states
"Caplatin and oxaliplatin(developed in Japan) have further extended this range of benefit.

The patients cured by these regiments and those that have benefitted from this
therapy number in the millions." Tumors of the kidney are included in the list
of cancers I found out.

& In Reply:

Cisplatin has been around a long time (1970"s) as a cancer treatment.
It is VERY toxic to the kidneys, causes neuropathy and hasn't shown a great response rate in general for RCC-like 17%. But is usedsucessfully for sarcomas so it is more likely to be used for kidney cancer with sarcomoid features. http://annonc.oxfordjournals.org/content/13/1/116.full.pdf


I just want to say sorry for copping out at times and leaving Lee and friends to cope!
Any help and support YOU can give her will be hugely welcome.
I do make a lousy patient!
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If YOU want to follow my fight against Cancer from when it started and I first presented with symptoms see The TAB just below the Header of this Blog. called >DIARY of Cancer< just click and it will give you a long list of the main events in chronological order.
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Saturday, 16 April 2011

WHO - ME - CYNICAL!!! I wrote this in August 2008!

WHO - ME - CYNICAL!!! I wrote this in August 2008!

2008 August 25 – I HAVE THE ANSWER for Cancer Research!

2008 August 25 01:13:35 BST
Posted By: Greg_L-W. Discussion
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Hi,
I’ve just put this on the Cancer Research comments section on their web site:
http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org … omment-537

Quote: I HAVE THE ANSWER

May I suggest that if you are worried that you have or may get Kidney Cancer and need to claim on your Health Service:-

Make sure you are on a Government QUANGO the beauty of the job is that the Government doesn’t believe in the Health Service and provides all its senior staff with PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE!
Also the Government doesn’t believe in the Public Pension Service so it gives all its Staff prefferential INFLATION LINKED PENSIONS to compensate for the c*ck up they know they will make in Government.
Also Government staff on QUANGOs are not held accountable for mistakes just put all the data you can find on your provided Lap Top and lose it like the MoD do having lost over 700 to date!

If you want more expenses just loose your CD with all the records on them and claim for a larger sum.
Perhaps you have been away for the last month in Beijing with the other QUANGO members and 650 people funded from the public purse who had NO relevance to performing in the tedious and obscenely costly farce.

Join N.I.C.E. or a P.C.T. where you can be sure of no meaningful work, regular long holidays, inflation linked pensions, early retirement, stress related compensation, staff car schemes and of course PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE as of course you can’t relly on or trust the old NHS which is so badly managed it is obviously broken.

Don’t worry your job will be safe N.I.C.E. alone has a budget of £30,000,000 and if you need a pay rise you can take it out of the drug budget and kill off a few more Cancer Patients – they’re a nuisance anyway they just won’t die quietly they are just selfish – next they will start demonstrating but never mind the Government is on your side on a QHANGO so the State Police will be called in under the terrorism laws we can just murder them – woops sorry Mr. Menenez can we have those 8 bullets back!

Cover your risk – join a QUANGO.

The other beauty of a QUANGO or Government job is you get promoted for lies – look at Blair and his lies about Iraq which used so much of the money we could have used for health. Why do soldiers get health care? They knew the risks they should be like smokers or the obese and denied care!
Mandelson lied so often he is now an EU commissioner WITH PRIVATE HEALTH CARE!
On a £2.4Billion Budget I note incompetency and waste has already run that to £9.3Billion and it is rumoured the Olympics will cost Britain over £18,000,000,000 – Howmany people will the Government have to kill to pay for their tedious sport? Already they CLAIM that due to their incompetence they are going to have to kill Kidney Cancer patients!

Quick join a QUANGO and be safe for life.

Join me at http://www.KidneyCancerResource.com where we can fight this clearly non political issue!
First they came for the Jews but I was not a Jew so I did nothing….’

Regards and Warm Hands,
Greg L-W.

Have YOU commented? There are loads of ideas there!
Regards,
Greg L-W.
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I just want to say sorry for copping out at times and leaving Lee and friends to cope!
Any help and support YOU can give her will be hugely welcome.
I do make a lousy patient!
.
If YOU want to follow my fight against Cancer from when it started and I first presented with symptoms see The TAB just below the Header of this Blog. called >DIARY of Cancer< just click and it will give you a long list of the main events in chronological order.
.
Thoughts and comments will be in chronological order in the main blog and can be tracked in the >ARCHIVE< in the Right Sidebar.

You may find the TABS >MEDICAL LINKS< and also >CANCER LINKS< of help. . YOU are welcome to call me if you believe I can help in ANY way.
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Posted by: Greg Lance-Watkins
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