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TCC of renal pelvis, tumors in bladder, left ureter, left kidney.  Kidney non-functioning, kidney/ureter removed 10/18/99. Carboplatin/taxol 12/99.

Hello, my name is Sara, and I joined WebCafe in September 1999 when my mother, Sally (62 years old), was diagnosed with bladder cancer in her bladder and left kidney.  

She became aware of the disease when she experienced large amounts of blood and clotting in her urine. Later, she connected the cancer to an episode of pain she had 2/99 and a severe weight loss in the interim.

Mom's bladder tumor was removed during a biopsy in early October.  This

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TCC Bladder, Stage III. Radical cystectomy, Indiana pouch 5/12/00

Update: 7/18/2001: Checkup with uro/onc; chem 12, urine cytology, chest x-ray, ultrasound & IVP of kidneys . . . ALL CLEAR! Whew! Return in Dec 2001.

At the age of 53, in good health, never having smoked, worked around chemicals or cancer-causing agents, etc. no family history of cancer . . . I was taken by surprise when diagnosed. My symptoms of frequency/urgency and stress incontinence were evident only a few months. Only when I experienced pain on urination did I pay a visit to my family practitioner. Although I could

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Tumor in bladder seen on IVP films

Found hematuria in urine in October.
Went to urologist in December and tumor showed on IVP film.
Cysto to remove tumor 1/2/2001
Following cysto could't urinate
Had catheter in when I got second opinion from MSK
Dr. Herr did another cysto on 1/25/2001 and remove remains of tumor.
Dr Herr advised me that the biopsy showed no carcinoma on 2/5/2001. Advised me to return for check up in May.
I felt that something was wrong in the middel of Arril so I called the doctor and he saw something when he did a cysto in his office.
Docror decided to do another cysto and removed

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Stage 3 evasive,termed very agressive.

Bladder replaced 4/15/99 age 39. Even with procedure Doctor gave me 3 to 5 years expectancy. Have scar tissue build up causing restriction in flow, Have to self cath. 3 or 4 times

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December 20, 2000

This story was originally written as a letter to another patient of Dr. Mark Schoenberg, our surgeon for our common bladder cancer and successful neo-bladder replacement

I too had a successful bladder replacement (neo-bladder) performed by Mark Schoenberg, M.D, Director of Urologic Oncology, Associate Professor of Urology & Oncology at the Brady Urological Institute, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md. I will try to relate some of my experiences. First let me congratulate you on passing your five-year mark; I am celebrating my five-month mark, having had my cancerous

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Grade IV, invasive, Radical Cystectomy, Cancer got out of bladder. shocked the doctor, survived for almost 5 years and going simi strong.

June 8th, 2001

In July 2000, I woke up one morning and pee'ed blood. I went to the VA Hospital in Denver, and was told that they suspected cancer. I had a IVP test, that showed a growth on the left side of my bladder. In August 2000 I had a cystoscope, it showed two tumors in my bladder. In August 2000, I had two cystoscope surgeries, three weeks apart. I was told that I had grade 3 bladder cancer. In November and December 2000, I got six BCG treatments

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Bladder Cancer, Grade I-II of III, TA, non-invasive. Very Large, covered 3/4 of bladder. Papillary TCC. no treatments yet, watch closley.

1st recurrence, Aug. 4, 1999, approx. 1 1/2 years out, right uretual papillar TCC, T1, Grade II of III. Non-invasive, I'm still lucky. No treatments yet, watch closley.
2nd recurrent, Sept. 11, 2000, 1 year later. Biopsy report #1. Bladder, anterior dome, papillar TCC T1, Grade I-II of III, TCC, non invasive. report #2. right ureter Grade I-II of III, TCC, non invasive. Stent inplanted in right ureter. Begin BCG treatments in one month.
October thru

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Low grade Noninvasive 4cm+ Papillary Tumor

Diagnosed with TCC in August of 2000 after 3 episodes of hematuria over 9 months. Complained to primary doctor who waited until 3rd episode to order IVP. 4 cm mass removed. Reoccurrence about size of 2 matchheads removed in Dec of 2000 Jan/Feb of 2001 6 wks of BCG. No maintenance.

Cystoscopies every three months for last two years were clear. Since the two year mark has been reached I moved to 6 month cystos.

June 9, 2003 first 6 month cysto clear. December 8, 2003 Cysto clear. June 7, 2004 cysto clear. That makes 3 1/2 years of all clear. Next

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3 non invasive tumors size of a quarter

no recurrance in three years, taking BCG treatments and recently had increase in PSA reading.( from 4 to 11.5) Dr. said could be from BCG treatments. Has anyone experienced this? Thanks, Lou

After two biopsies my doctor has assured me my high psa is due to the bcg treatments, my last bcg treatment was 6 months

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Bladder Cancer T1,Grade II

February 1999, noticed urine was dark in color...thought it was due to too much coffee, or not drinking enough water...just ignored it. Noticed it several times more and didn't think too much about it.

In October, when I went to my internist for my annual physical the urine was dark in the morning, and I happened to mention it to her.

The next thing I knew I was in the lab for a urine specimen...the urine was dark brown! I was horrified. I was scheduled for a pelvic ultrasound the next day, and an appointment with a urologist.

Lots of tests,...then a TUR at the

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