On October 01, of 2009, I was diagnosed with Kidney Cancer. And this is my blog.

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Pain

Posted by Tony Ulrich on Saturday, December 5, 2009, In : My Kidney Cancer 


(Photo of my abdomen with the stitches after the surgery)

Last night I was in terrible pain for a about 30 minutes. But surprisingly, it wasn’t the abdomen that caused me such tremendous discomfort, but my right shoulder. I’ve been picking my brain since why on earth my shoulder and not my back, for instance. Because after all, most of time I’m sitting on my butt on rather cushiony stuff. That can get to your back after a while, but the shoulder? But I just received a call from my brot...


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The Surgery

Posted by Tony Ulrich on Wednesday, December 2, 2009, In : My Kidney Cancer 

We got up at 4:00am on Monday morning and got to New York Presbyterian-Columbia University by 5:30am. Everything went really smooth, administration-wise. Except for one thing; on one of the papers it said that I was in for a prostatectomy. I was in shock. But apparently that was just a misprint and I was assured that the foreseen procedure was indeed a radical robotic left nephrectomy. Anyway, I signed in and a few minutes later I was called up with a bunch of other patients to be admitted ...


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About Me


Tony Ulrich In March of 2009, my wife Ann got diagnosed with breast-cancer. I dedicated a website and blog to our breast-cancer journey - in case you're interested: www.ourbreastcancer.net. After three surgeries, countless hospital visits and consultations with health care professionals and an empty wallet thereafter, we finally thought that things were about to get better. But another surprise was waiting for us - after I encountered blood in my urine I was sent for a CAT Scan that revealed a 6.2 cm tumor in my left kidney. On October 1 of 2009, I was officially diagnosed with kidney cancer. This website and blog will keep track of my attempt battling the disease. In case you have questions or comments, please email me at: planetcaravan@gmx.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Illustration of tumor in kidney (source: google health)

 

 

 

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