I had an aortic dissection a few years ago, and when they scanned my abdomen they found a one-inch malignant tumor on my right kidney. I was able to get it removed before it had a chance to spread. The ironic thing is that if I hadn't had the dissection (which is a pretty bad thing in and of itself) I'd never have known about the tumor until it was too late.
I wonder why they don't recommend a CT scan maybe once every five years or so for everybody over a certain age. That might go a long way toward early detection of some very nasty conditions.
My cousin had kidney cancer 8 years ago..found it totally by accident..went in originally for an enlarged spleen so they ordered an ultra sound, than saw the tumor on his kidney, it was stage 1, removed the tumor and no other treatment necessary..he was very lucky
“I had an aortic dissection a few years ago, and when they scanned my abdomen they found a one-inch malignant tumor on my right kidney. I was able to get it removed before it had a chance to spread. The ironic thing is that if I hadn’t had the dissection (which is a pretty bad thing in and of itself) I’d never have known about the tumor until it was too late.”
LOL! Laughing with you, not at you, because of a very similar experience. I have Type II diabetes and get screening follow-us every three months. I had one of those in early 2015 and my doctor found a low hemoglobin level, an indicator of intestinal bleeding. Then I had a stool test for occult blood that turned out positive. Then a colonoscopy that revealed colon cancer. Two weeks later my ascending colon was removed along with a stage 2 colon cancer. Since then I’ve been free of it and had a completely clear colonoscopy at the end of March this year.
The LOL irony of this whole thing is having Type II diabetes probably saved my life from colon cancer.