When it rains... it pours... more bad news.

I have just spent the majority of the last 24 hours in such severe pain ~ that I wouldn't wish it upon my greatest of enemies. I have gotten maybe a glimpse of 3 hours of sleep ~ between positioning pillows, blankets, the floor, and wall for support.
I called the NIH about midnight last night to discuss all of this with them ~ and then some. I was on the phone for about 1 1/2 hours. They truly are a wonderful hospital with dedicated staff.
It was recommended that I go to the hospital today. I had no quarlms over that one!
My doctor's at the NIH informed me, that my cells did NOT grow. So ~ next step ~ to either come back and have the smaller tumour in my groin removed to see if those "fresh", not frozen cells can be use ~ and/or to do an aphoresis ~ to take the white blood cells from my body ~ and see if those can be manipulated for treatment.
However, first thing is first ~ this Kidney issue of mine. Yes, I should be re-joicing ~ no bone mets were found ~ however, it is believed that my kidney/s may be failing ~ they are not draining ~ which may be causing this intense pain. It is highly likely that I will need a stint put in.
So ~ there it is ~ one thing after another. I'm in the process of getting my morphenine for this evening ~ I can't wait. I hope it does miracles.
I am a very tolerable person when it comes to pain ~ honestly.
It looks as though my near future has two upcoming surgeries pending ~ and this still doesn't even address the issue of the pelvis tumours continued growth ~
The NIH said that they will work on finding a treatment for me. I'm not sure ~ that I can understand, how a bad kidney or two can effectively tolerate to high toxity doses of chemo... I remember the damage that the IL-2 did to my kidneys.
No one ever said that fighting cancer was going to be easy ~
I can only say ~ if you know of anyone at all ~ who is going through this ~ give them ALL the Support that YOU can. It is comforting ~ especially at 2 am!