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TCC Stage III/IV
5/12/00 Radical Cystectomy w/Continent Urinary Diversion (Indiana Pouch)

Update Sept 2005-Five Years,four months and still doing great! "Ditto" my Nov 2004 update.
Update Nov 2004: Cat scans, chest x-ray, urine cytology, blood work, etc. all indicate "no evidence of disease" ... Indiana Pouch works great! Never any infections or other problems. I give credit to superior surgical skill and blessings from above.
E-mail me anytime . . . cabbott@highlands.edu

At the age of 53, in good health, never having smoked, worked around chemicals or cancer-causing agents, etc. no family

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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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