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 After several missed attempts at a diagnosis by my primary care physician woefully ignorant of the disease, June 20, 2007 marks the day I was officially diagnosed with bladder cancer.  On that day the Urologist I met only minutes before pointed to the CT film and said "this is a tumor" and - at that very second - my life changed.

Seven years earlier I quit smoking and began to live a fairly healthy lifestyle (save the occasional fast food indulgence and resistance to exercise) and, as such, expected anything but cancer. In fact that ignorant - albeit in the nicest way possible - primary care

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I was cautiously optomistic (what other way is there to approach such a thing) that my bladder would be found cancer-free.  When I got to the office, the nurse ushered me into the room for me to disrobe, then left to prepare my sample for testing.  A few seconds later she opened the door just a crack and said, "I am assuming that you are 'Charles Bronson', since his is the only sample that has been left since you came in?..."  <sheepish grin>

I endured this cystoscopy MUCH better than my first; in part because I knew what to expect, in part because the scope is the same diameter as the BCG

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I have had superficial bladder cancer for 4 years, with one recurrence 18 months after diagnosis.  Now I have multiple areas of suspect and will undergo another turbt and mitomycin instillation.  I am not a candidate for bcg due to a suppressed immune system. 

 It appears to me that this will be an on going effort to control cancer through the quarterly Poke and Peeks, and then episodic resections and more mitomycin.  I don't think I understood this initially. 

My cancer was found early via a urine sample for something else.  Red cells were seen without any other symptoms.  So I was referred

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In the weeks after the initial treatment, my bladder has settled down, and there is little (if any) discomfort in urination.  I have found, however, that it takes more patience to fully drain my bladder -- concentrated relaxation of those muscles, and a little coaxing (you may be the only folks who can relate).  I also find that my bladder capacity, and the time between urinations, is very unpredictable.  Sometimes it will be a few hours, while at other times I will get a sudden urge to urinate less than an hour later.  This is NOT anything I am worried about, just an

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Hello I am 21 years old. Nov 2007, after I urinated blood on and off for 10 months, I learned that I had bladder cancer. After serving 2 tours in Iraq and having no family history of bladder cancer it's been frustrating that the military, VA, and civilian doctors can not determine how I contracted the cancer or how to treat the symtoms after surgery. My first surgery December 2nd I had a turbt,and a single treatment of mytomycin for one hour. Since that time I have had 5 more surgeries due to multiple complications that are an enigma to my doctors. Since the first surgery I have had severe

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Well my story starts as this.I am a 52 yr old male and I live in the suburbs of Phila, Pa. I had my left hip replaced on 9/26/07. I had the walker and cane the whole bit like I was learning to walk all over again. Well all ended well there and I felt like a new man. I was discharged from Ortho Dr. on 12/11/06. Now the holidays are coming and I'm excited only for my 2 grandchildren a boy and a girl both 5 yrs. old. Not that I hate the holidays but it's always spend spend spend you know the deal. The first couple of days of December I start noticing blood in my urine. I did not say nothing to

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Welcome.........

 

Our Family's Story begins on April 15, 2007.  My Husband Angelo was having some pain during urination, and saw blood in his urine.  After a visit to his General Practitioner he was diagnosed with a Urinary Tract Infection, and was sent home on Antibiotics.

 After finishing the prescription he did feel better, but it was short lived the "Infection" returned soon there after and he was again prescribed antibiotics.

 After about a month with no symptoms, he thought that was the end of that, but on Father's Day he was doubled over in pain, and was rushed to the ER, unable to

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LIFE IS GRAND!

Just finished my 5 year round of chemo. Systo reveals no abnormal cells. One more round of chemo next March (2009). I hope that my results are encouraging to all who read this.

I am so thankful for the support of my family and friends and for God's healing power. My wish is that each and every one with this affliction will have the good fortune that I have enjoyed. God

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I forgot to mention my classification has been changed from Mx to

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Dear Forum,

Today I had an appointment with my Urologist to discuss my scan results.

He was very happy with the results so far and suggested that I have a repeat CT scan in three months. This time it will be a full body scan instead of the usual torso.

Having just come back from a Urology conference his advise to me was that I should supplement my diet with all of the B vitamins and eat plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables instead of processed foods. And to take regular exercise to reduce body fat.

Sounds pretty much how a healthy diet should be I guess...Oh I do love a quarter pounder cheese now

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