Hi, i'm Viv , i'm 56 & have 4 grown children & 11 grandchildren, we're a very close family & live for each other..End nov 2016  i had blood in urine so had blood urine test, then sent to urology for ulta scan which showed a mass in kidney, then had a top ct scan & that confirmed stage 3 kidney cancer & some had gone into local lymph nodes, in Dec I had major surgery, full nephrectomy with rooftop incision, the entire kidney was removed & some lymph nodes, my surgeon Dr. I.  informed me he couldn't remove a cluster of lymph nodes that had attached to my aorta as that was too dangerous & i would be scanned again when i recovered from surgery, in Feb i went back for my follow up where my Dr. I scheduled me another scan hoping that thd cluster had shrunk as it was no longer feeding from the removed kidney, i also had my abdomen & pelvis scanned, 5 weeks after scan i call hospital for results & nurse tells me, the cluster has grown & i also have more plus also in my abdomen so i was upgraded to Metasasis renal carcenoma , i had a bad feeling i knew what that meant, 2 weeks later & i have just had my oncologist dr Appt to discuss, confirmed it,s stage 4 now & gojng to be put on targeted tablets to try & shrink them, been told no cure but still treatable if tablets work with me so ,, i'm going to try & fight this & pray for strength to carry on, 

i'm just not ready to give up & leave my loving partner & children & grandchildten without me yet,, i'm not a strong person so this is literally the fight of my life for my life ,