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noteabulldogs@hotmail.com — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:33:46 +0100

Thankyou all for your positive comments, we have been so happy with the results, & hope that now he can keep the cancer at bay & enjoy the rest of his life,
Thanks once again, you guys on here have been a blessing,
regards,
Cathy

fathers long journey

noteabulldogs@hotmail.com — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:26:04 +0100

Dad had r/c on the 2nd of april, Operation went really well, it took a bit longer than they orig said as they decided to also take the urethra or water pipe as Dr put it, he also had to have his left urita cut down further as the cancer had advanced into it.
So he had bladder, prostate, urethra, lymp nodes (not sure how many) & a large section of left urita taken out, which they cut & sent of to path whilst he was under, news came came back still cancer, cut again, sent off, still [...]

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noteabulldogs@hotmail.com — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:07:06 +0100

UPDATE:

Sorry I havent been around for awhile.

Ok, Dad finished his BCG back in Nov & was to wait 6 to 8 weeks for cysto & bi-op. Well this was preformed yesterday & guess what? ::)more tumor, ::)now waiting on path results & ct scans. They said that it would be more than likely that they will go ahead with r/c, sooner rather than later, feeling a bit low right now, :'( I said to Dad, At least there will be know looking back saying "wha [...]

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noteabulldogs@hotmail.com — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:41:37 +0100

Dad started his first 6 BCG treatments on Tuesday, so we will see what the next couple of months brings, they stated that they will monitor him closely & any sign that the treatment is not working, they will do R/c, I hope they know what they are doing.
Cathy

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noteabulldogs@hotmail.com — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:34:35 +0100

were do I begin, Mum & Dad made the 3 hour journey on Monday so that dad could begin the bowel prep on Tue, Fasting from Mon night, he began the bowel prep on tue, tue came & went, up early and of to the hospital for a 7am start. My sister & I got on the road around 4am & arrived just after 7am, he hadnt gone anywhere yet so we were able to see him before he went in. They called him in & both mum & he went in. Whilst in the bed waiting the anathesist came in & said, s [...]

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noteabulldogs@hotmail.com — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:41:56 +0100

Ok, Dad had his pre-op yesterday & the date for surgury is wed the 19th of Sept. Will try & update when I can. Cathy

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noteabulldogs@hotmail.com — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:05:25 +0100

Ok, They were very surprised to find path results come back that the muscle was clear, although they said they are extremly suspect that there may still be muscle involvment expecilly as it is in the ureta,
options given were
1. chemo & bcg. They said(the cancer could still progess whilst on chemo) & (it wont work if there is muscle involvement)
2. surgery rc ileal conduit or neo bladder
So dad has chosen to go ahead with surgery,(ileal conduit) which should take pl [...]

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noteabulldogs@hotmail.com — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:41:58 +0100

Well tomorrow is d day, we'll find out what Dads options are, he has to be at the hospital at 8.30am for the appointment, we live around 2 hours from the hospital so we will be on the road quite early. I will update further after tomorrow.
regards,
Cathy.

fathers long journey UPDATE 15th Aug

noteabulldogs@hotmail.com — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 21:37:46 +0100

Hi All,
Thought I would update you all on the latest news on my Dad. On Monday he went in to have cysto, biopsy & what ever else they were planning on doing, after the op they called mum into the recovery to tell her that it was invasive & had spread to the muscle & they will wait on path results, but in his experiance if it is indeed what he thinks, dad will have to have his bladder removed. The cancer in the urita is low down towards the bladder, so I am not sure what will hap [...]

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noteabulldogs@hotmail.com — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 08:54:28 +0100

Thank you all for your kind words, He did have many tests done when his symtoms returned 2.5 years ago, dont know all med terms but this included a body scan with the dye or contrast insurted. When he seen the new specialist recently he mentioned that he should be having these tests done every 2 years. At first mum was upset that he had'nt had these scans ordered at christmas, but now she is thankful that he has had the scans now, as if he had of had them at christmas & nothing showed u [...]

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noteabulldogs@hotmail.com — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:56:34 +0100

Hi All,
I am new to this forum, my father was first diagnosed some 15 years ago with bladder cancer, he had had some symptoms 19 months previous to this diagnosis & had tests done, doc said things were fine, when he seen a different doc (for work check up) 18 months later & mentioned that he had had the symptoms 18 months previous, his new doc asked did he see a specailist? He said NO. So new doc sent him of to specialist. The specialist viewed the scans taken 19 months previously & [...]

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