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Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to reply.

Your thoughts are very much the same as mine at this stage, and I'm especially grateful for such positive and inspirational advice from those who have previously trodden the same sort of path as I have ahead of me.

Cheers,
Andy

Thanks Jonathan.

This is all very new to me.

Thanks for the link to the UK Kidney Association which I had no knowledge of. They seem to have a lot of leaflets available to download online so I'll try those first and then contact them if I need to.

Best wishes,
Andy

Following a couple of years with heart problems, I've found a new lease of cycling life at 61 with an electric road bike which I got this year. I've cycled socially for much of my life and would hate to give it up.

However, I've just been diagnosed with an extensive, malignant tumour of one of my kidneys and am due to have the kidney removed in the next couple of weeks, as a matter of urgency.

In the consultation yesterday the consultant advised that I should not cycle again for fear of having an accident that might compromise my remaining kidney. To say that I'm dejected by this news is an understatement. I love my cycling - for health and social reasons and to protect the environment.

Does anyone have any thoughts, experience or advice please? My initial reaction is to try to find some less risky cycling routes or maybe there are club locations where I could ride on a circuit not troubled by traffic?

Thanks.