Stage 2 Kidney Cancer and Cataracts

[GeoBoy]

Maybe I've mentioned this before, (old age sneaks up on you), but when they made CBDs legal in Minnesota some friends started telling
me how much they helped with arthritis, so I gave them a try. They did give me a lot of relief with my hands and knees but one side effect
I hadn't expected was my vision got better. It has gotten so good in fact that I'm sitting here typing without glasses and often I start driving
to town and realize I don't have them on but my drivers license still requires them.
All they are is an anti inflammatory. You do not feel any other effect from them. No euphoria or anything like that.
Just saying..................
I've had both eyes done but this also helped.

Cooper, what CBD do you take for the inflammation?

[cooperhawk]

Cooper, what CBD do you take for the inflammation?

I take Mainstream CBD in both the edible gummies and tincture.
I place one drop of tincture under my tongue in the morning and chew one gummy
in the afternoon.
The bottle and container both say 1250 mg, Full Spectrum.
The only effects I feel are my knees don't hurt and my eyes clear up.
I send my drug dealer, (my wife actually) to the store to buy them.
They're legal here.

[Sir Henry]

Cooper, what CBD do you take for the inflammation?

I take Mainstream CBD in both the edible gummies and tincture.
I place one drop of tincture under my tongue in the morning and chew one gummy
in the afternoon.
The bottle and container both say 1250 mg, Full Spectrum.
The only effects I feel are my knees don't hurt and my eyes clear up.
I send my drug dealer, (my wife actually) to the store to buy them.
They're legal here.

It’s legal here too. I have no need for it but think it should be available for those that do need it. My wife used it when she had cancer and it helped her with appetite.

[Sir Henry]

The results from my kidney biopsy is back and it’s positive for cancer. My lungs are okay but they found a spot on my liver. Next step is to go back to Madison to have more tests on the liver and discuss treatment.

I was in one of the heaviest sprayed areas of Vietnam. A very high percentage of the guys that I served with have passed away from cancers.

Agent Orange has taken a decade off my life but they were work years not retirement. I retired 20 years and 2 months ago at the age of 54.

At least I can see better.

[markiver54]

Very best of luck Gene finding positive treatment. So glad your vision is better.
BTW...In case I've never said it; thank you for your service.

[Sir Henry]

Very best of luck Gene finding positive treatment. So glad your vision is better.
BTW...In case I've never said it; thank you for your service.

Thanks for the thank you.

[Sir Henry]

I received the bills for my eye surgeries. Each eye had three bills. The doctor charged $7,629 for each eye and the VA paid $504.84. The hospital charged $4,900 and the VA paid $1,300.78. And finally the lens was $163 and the VA paid $28.44. So the total per eye was $12,692 with $1,634.06 paid. To think it cost more than $25,000 for both is mind blowing.

By contract the Eye Clinic of Wisconsin is forbidden to collect the difference from the veteran. Sometimes it’s difficult to get private care because many providers will not accept VA patients because they pay so little. Same is true with Medicare.

[Ernie]

My eye care is the same. The amount they bill versus the amount Medicare pays is substantial, and then my co-pay is almost nothing. Otherwise I would not be affording the services I get.

[Travlin]

Those amounts are staggering. When St. Lukes here in central Fl. did mine , they sent me back my co-pay both times so it ended up costing me just a few bucks for the eye drops to use afterwards.

[cooperhawk]

It was the same with me. They charge an exorbitant amount and then settle for a lot less. I also paid for the eye drops.
The eye clinic that did mine had a conveyer belt of old folks getting them done. It looked like they did one about every
half hour. I guess if you do volume you can make money at it.

[Sir Henry]

It was the same with me. They charge an exorbitant amount and then settle for a lot less. I also paid for the eye drops.
The eye clinic that did mine had a conveyer belt of old folks getting them done. It looked like they did one about every
half hour. I guess if you do volume you can make money at it.

The clinic I went to does 46 each day. That is if no other surgeries are scheduled. The first day two other surgeries were done so only 23 cataracts were removed. The second time they did 46. At $1,638 times 46 that’s $75,348 a day they bring in. And that is just the surgery clinic.

[Sir Henry]

I had a doctors appointment at the Madison VA Hospital yesterday. I drove down the night befor and the VA put me up in a nearby motel for the night. I also spent another night because I couldn’t drive for another day.

After a day of tests I saw the doctor in the afternoon. There are five main options available and three were recommended to me. Since my stage 2 kidney cancer is low grade they regraded it to stage 1B. The first course of action would be to do nothing as kidney cancer is slow growing. My doctor recommend that I do something because even though I’m 74 I’m otherwise very healthy. The second action is to have surgery to remove just the cancer although because of the placement they may have to remove the entire kidney. The third action is to break it up with a laser. It’s less recommended because of the size of my cancer. They can only break up very small cancers. The fourth and fifth treatments are only for stages 3 and 4.

My life expectancy is only reduced slightly because of the cancer and if I have surgery it will return to the average expectancy.

I also have something on my liver which has not had a biopsy.

The real good news is my vision is 20/20 and I can drive at night.

[HenryFan]

I hope for the best outcome possible for you, Sir Henry.

[GeoBoy]

Go for the surgery Gene and keep on enjoying life.

[BigAl52]

For whatever you chose to do Gene I wish you the best. Anything to do with cancer is evil. Im missing a close friend here in Texas due to it.

[markiver54]

Best wishes and prayers whatever you decide Gene.

[Hatchdog]

Looking forward to hearing that your cancer recovery equals your recent eyesight improvement!

[Ernie]

Hoping for the best whichever way you decide to go with the Kidney.

[Sir Henry]

Thanks all for the best wishes and prayers. My survival chances are excellent.

[Sir Henry]

I had another patch of tests yesterday and have surgery scheduled for April 23rd. They will do a robotic partial nephrectomy of my kidney. Usually they limit it to smaller growths but decided to do the robotic procedure because I’m otherwise in excellent health. My bloodwork, heart and lungs are very healthy. Because I have a larger growth the doctor said it will take five hours to remove the growth. He could cut me open and remove it in less than two hours.

My survival rate should be normal and chances are I’ll not have a reoccurring kidney growth. I have a 90% chance of living another ten years.