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I could use some help.
7 months sice my ccccysectomy for aggressive bladder cancer.
I am 66 years young and a active woman.

I have two problems -one reoccuring bladder infections, 3 in 8 months.
and a small showing of blood has shown up in my urine.

My Doctor say this is not unusual after this big surgery but It worries me.
Abyone who can help me with these problens would be gratefuuly appreciated.
I have a outside ouch and doing well with it.

;)

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I have just undergone a major procedure which resulted in mysecond bladder reconstruction,i wasdiagnosed with bladder cancer in decemer at Bradford BRIwest Yorkshire ,the most amazing place to be treated  - I tell you.

The orginal bladder reconsrutction occurred in 1999after my stoma after 32years of service simply failed .

Iam only38 now.

What  iam saying is that yo ucan live with this conditon and i have lead awonderful life but being toldyou have the big "C" was a bit of abind and i thought here we go agin,wasacase of buy on bladder get one free.

Myward was full of eldery genlemen worrying

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Hi:
What a wonderful web site---so happy I found it.   I was diagnosed with Squamous Cell Carcinoma--invasive--of the muscularis wall.  I am 82 years old.  I have lost 20 pounds within the past year.  I was diagnosed with Chirossis of the Liver in 2002 --never drank or smoked and diagnosed with Chronic Renal Failure.  I am doing find in those areas.  But now have come down with this.  My daughter has taken me from doctor to doctor.  I have such a pressure and pain that It is almost imbarable.  Doc told me no infection --culture did not grow--another doc told me ys bladder infec--culture did

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Hi My name is Todd and I am 43 years old.  I was Diagnosed with Bladder Cancer December of 2005.
I had a Stage TA Superficial Non Invasive but was a Grade 2.  This was removed and I then went through 6 weeks of BCG treatments. I was lucky that I did not have any side affects from the BCG besides a little Burning when urinating after 2 hours.
March 6 I went in for my 1st 3 month check up and the DR found a little growth which he biopsied part of and burned off the rest.  The Pathology report came back and it was benign not cancer.  
So that is good, but I am still trying to get used to the

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Four month follow up  story... Bob Stump

It is now four months since I underwent radical cystectomy, during which my bladder, prostate, many lymph glands, and whatever Dr. Hrebrinko selected was removed.  He observed after the surgery that it had gone well, that it had taken less time than he'd expected.   He had built a neo-bladder and had hopefully been successful in nerve sparing when removing my prostate.  I had an anesthesia which included many tiny tubes implanted in my spine carrying the anesthetic - for a nerve blocking strategy about which the doctors at Shadyside Hospital (UPMC) were

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I realize this doesn't relate to bladder cancer, but it is about cancer.  I learned as many of you have by now also, that Dana Reeve wife of the late Christopher Reeve (Superman) has died from Lung Cancer at the age of 44.  She leaves a thirteen year old son, and his pain must be hard for most of us to understand.
On Good Morning America this morning they showed an interview Diane Sawyer had with Dana in November 2005, and during that interview she explained how her son hadn't only just  lost his Father, but also her Mother, and she told how difficult it was to then have to tell him that she

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[size=16] 30 November 2005[/size]
I've had four follow-up CT scans and so far all is clear. Although my first follow-up in August 2004 had me holding my breath for the next three months, as I had a newly enlarged lymph node on that scan. Dr. El-Galley (my surgeon) told me it very well could be enlarged because of the surgery alone, but if there was an increase in size on the next scan three months from then we'd do a biopsy. Fortunately there was no increase in size on the CT in November 2004, and my next follow-up would be six months down the road. In my initial write up I mentioned my being

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I'm wondering where the old storyboard is, my last update to my story (30 November) is half gone, and it shows a limit of 8000 characters and I apparently have used them up.  What goes here, what happened to updating our stories.  I'm not so sure I want to remain a part of something that takes away such a valuable tool as the ability to communicate with many by just updating your story.  I've been contacted through my story by numerous persons, and I'm sure if you asked them they'd tell you my sharing my further experiences (ones not on the storyboard) have made their dealing with bladder

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T1, Grade III urelethial bladder cancer with CIS

Me: diagnosed at age 43, non-smoker, very light drinker, no family history, worked 2 summers during college at an oil refinery, but used all prescribed safety equipment, very physically active (competitive volleyball and softball player), with a computer database/programming career.

My Story: I began having pain while urinating and slight urgency the last week of Oct. 2005. A week later I got antibiotics for what looked to be a urinary tract infection (microscopic blood on stick, WBC slightly askew). It didn't help. Culture was negative for

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My mom was diagnosed with stage 1 non-ivasive bladder cancer last year.

My mom was diagnosed early last year with the non-invasive stage 1 tumor on her bladder wall. She went 9 months with clean exams every three months. October 2005 she was diagnosed again with another tumor, that hadn't invaded the wall. The doctor removed that one and She did 6 weeks of BCG and went for a 6 week post treatment check-up yesterday. The doctor saw somthing on the cystoscopy and she has to go in for another biopsy next week. I don't know what to tell her anymore, the doctor doesn't know why the BCG failed and I

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