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I was diagonosed with BC on Sept.23,2005 which made me a 47 year old female.  The Dr. that diagonosed me told me I was not a canidate for a neobladder.  He told me I would have to get a stoma or bag due to my situation.  I had around a 4cm sized tumor that was transitional cell which had gone through my bladder wall which made me a Stage 3 T4a No.  I had been c/o of frequent urination to my gyno and family Dr. for months.  I also had irregular periods and had developed high BP.  My Dr.'s nevered worked me up.  They all blamed it on menapause.  Unfortunately, I was the one that found myself

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Update - 4/13/06

1) got the final path reports back... a total of 6 lymph nodes were metastasized, 4 microscopically, out of the 25 resected from the pelvic and abdominal areas.  all margins were good.

2) A FDG-PET scan is slated for next week, and if that is clear, then chemo (Taxol and CarboPlatin) will commence for 6 3 week cycles, and if that goes well, then 5 weeks of radiation therapy on the remaining lymph nodes in the groin and pelvis.

3) while the bladder was the primary impacted organ, they've classified this as mullerian (gynecological) in histology.  

Otherwise, she's doing well.

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My wife (45 year old F, 3 children vaginally delivered, last in 1988, 2003 Hysterectomy for prolapsed uterus, fibroids and dysplasia)  was diagnosed last week with an approx 3cm tumor that through biospy as a Clear Cell Carcinoma of the bladder and now invaded the vagina.   Painful, frequent and low volume urination was the only symptom, onset 6 months ago, and she spent 3 months eliminating all other conditions.   No other symptoms were diagnosed.  CT scan and chest Xray are negative for nodal and metastaces.

Location is under the trigon area with some indication of urethreal penetration.  

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