Love for Ashanti❤️

Hello everyone ☺️. I started this page to tell my story and get the support I need. Starting in 2019 I went to ER for really bad back pain. CT scan showed spot on kidney that doctors blew off as just a 2.4cm small lesion that is most likely a cyst. Said no further treatment was needed will just watch it and wait to see if anything happens. So proceeded to treat me for sciatica. 2021, went in for check up for lower abdominal pain related to something else, got ultrasound and doctor said looks like you have something on kidney, 🤔 2.9cm lesion by this time..but it doesn't look scary, but maybe you should follow up with PCP if needed. 2022, severe lower back and flank pain, weight loss, no appetite, can't work, eat, sleep, leave nothing. Go to ER get CT scan, two doctors come in room and says did you know you have a 3.4cm tumor on your rt kidney that looks suspicious 😳 and found out I have chronic sacroiliac joint dysfunction and arthritis in lower back. At this point could bearly move and symptoms like crazy. So me listening to my body and being persistent telling doctors something else was wrong, they finally send me to Cancer center to have millions of scans, blood test, and visits. PET scan and MRI finally revealed some type of tumor that's malignant. Maybe METS?(from previous cervical cancer) they said. So radiation treatment then surgery was Feb 8, 2023 were I had my whole rt kidney removed because tumor was embedded in center of kidney connected to renal hilum, veins, the lower and upper poles. It covered majority of my kidney. So doctors had no choice but to take it to remove all the cancer. Found out Feb 28th pathology report says it is Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma stage 2 grade 3. 😩 Also same day I lost my health insurance and my job(Feb 3rd). All while trying to morn the loss of my pregnancy @ 5mth pregnant (didn't know I had kidney cancer at this time) so life hit me fast and all at once. Losing my job tore me up because it wasn't just my job it was my career as a EMT-Medic and 911 dispatcher. Some days Im angry, sad, pissed off and wondering why me... I am just happy I listened and got it before something bad happen. Still trying to adjust to this NEW life I got blessed with and Living with one Kidney is definitely a Big Adjustment 😩 but I'm blessed and thankful I'm still here. I pray for everyone going through something and wish I could help more. I'm here for you, text, email, FB. Thank you all for reading and helping ❤️