Amy Cummings had never suffered from kidney issues prior to being diagnosed with the chromophobe renal cell carcinoma that resulted in a tumor the size of a football growing on her kidney. Her team of urologists decided to remove the kidney entirely, a scary process for the young mother, but one made easier with the support of her two sons, Hunter and Reed and husband Tim. Pictured (l-r) Hunter Cummings, Amy Cummings, Tim Cummings and Reed Cummings.
Cummings faces rare kidney diagnosis
By Meagan Molseed
mmolseed@thefayettecountyunion.com
“It’s a really scary thing to think of that something like this could be happening in your body and you don’t even know it,” Amy Cummings said quietly recalling the moment she was diagnosed with a rare kidney tumor last year. “Something like this is so life-changing, scary to think about all of the other ‘if’s’ that could have happened.”
There were few symptoms for the Clermont woman prior to her diagnosis, and that, said Cummings, was one of the scariest parts of the entire process.
“I generally felt okay,” said Cummings of the months and weeks leading up to her life-altering health issues that would ultimately lead to the removal of a kidney. “I kept up with my regular doctor visits each year and there was really nothing consistent to cause alarm.”
