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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Best of luck, OP.

My father was diagnosed with kidney cancer 2 years ago.  He had the tumor lopped off.  They were able to save the kidney.  His doctor is absolutely amazing.

No other treatment was necessary.  He is still 100% cancer free and there is very little chance of this coming back.

You are lucky they found it as it is usually asymptomatic for long time.  My dad's was only detected during a CT scan for somethign else.

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btw, [b]they don't treat kidney cancer with chemo[/b].  the surgery my dad had was laproscopic. They really thought he might lose the whole kidney---but the dr worked adn worked and was able to save most of it.  Tumor was in the back and hard to get at.  The recovery was very quick.

given the type of cancer and the prognosis....I am sort of with the pps that suggest just letting daughter know you need  surgery...maybe hold of the big "C' word that scares the crap out of most ppl.  If it were an aggressive cancer or one requiring chemo which would cause you to be weak and have appearance change, etc. my tactic would be full truth.[/quote]

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