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I posted this on my ABLCS blog and had several people tell me I should post it here to.  So for what it's worth here's my thoughts on this subject.

When I was first told that my bladder had to come out I asked about my options. It was then I felt like I had walked onto the set of Let's Make a Deal. Behind these curtains we have an external bag, an internal bag with abdominal stoma, or a new bladder that will work mostly like the old. No brainer I thought take curtain number three. I will add my vanity had a lot to do with it, I am only 38.

Usually when I am faced with something I like to know

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Hello, my name is Charlotte I am 38 and have two children 12 and 8 years old. I used to worry about my husband getting lung cancer since both his father and grandfather died at an early age from it. We both quite smoking cigarets 11 years ago. He still has an occasional cigar.

March 15, 2008 saw blood in my urine and made an appointment with doctor for next day. For the next month they treated me for UTI and Kidney stones.

April 16, 2008 now having dark red urine. Had a complete physical and was told I was healthy and was told to hang in there the stone would soon pass. I demanded to

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