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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 cancer, cut more sent off, clear.
Dad seemed to recover quite well, apart from some blood pressure issues & being

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Susan - delayed diagnosis
A volunteer at my church helped me find WebCafe and its forum. My bladder cancer has spread to my liver and lungs, maybe a bone. i was supposed to have a radical cystectomy this month (Dec. '07), but we cancelled it after the MRIi report. Now, I'm getting chemotherapy (taxol and genzar). MVAC didn't work for me. Radiation did shrink my primary tumor.

I am told my case is "difficult" because of the late stage of discovery/tur/diagnosis (Stage 3, fat invasive) the sarcomatoid variant, and now the spreading. I know it is difficult -- I just want to be seen as important

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It's been almost one year since I added to this post so I decided I would continue the story here.  First off, I have had several 3 scans since surgery and so far so good!

In other posts I talk about hypercontinence or the in-ability to urinate.  This is one of those issues that a few will encounter and of course... I had to be one.  Following surgery I was doing OK training myself to void and hold but I also experienced several UTI's (urinary tract infections).  These were horrible because you feel miserable for a few days and sweat with fever the whole time.  Finally my Uro asked me to cath

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Part IV

My urologist returned in January. He was unaware of what had happened until I spoke to him. His response was that he was not concerned about the stricture. "The important thing was to be sure that there was no cancer." I fully understood his focus on the cancer but was unhappy that that focus appeared to be distracting him from dealing with a problem that made me miserable and which I wanted to be sure would not recur. I answered, "I'm glad you're not worried about the stricture, but I am!" He assured me that he would treat the stricture with laser at the next cystoscopy. A urine

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Well we are doing Ok
We have all had awful colds and I nearly ended up in hospital with a chest infection but things are slowly getting better.
Weight continues to be an issue and I must try to put some on,other issues are tiredness and loss of feeling in my fingers and feet.Typing takes forever hence very short messages.I have had a few crisis lately one caused by friends and family having babies I would have so loved another child and feel so sad that the option has been taken away from me. I had a truely awful leak issue yesterday we went shopping and I must have caught my bag leaning over

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Hi,

Here is my Story(BTW im from the UK)
I passed a blood clot out of the Blue with no other symptoms whatsoever on may 17th this year (My 42nd Birthday) late in the evening. In panic I went to the emergency room in my town and the next morning I had a cystoscopy(is that how you spell it?) and they said I had cancer or an Infection and put me on antibiotics.
10 days later the bleeding stopped(wahoo im cured?), 4 days later I go into hospital to have the 'thing' removed.  The urologists said straight after the operation that it was a tumour and referred me to another consultant.
That Guy said it

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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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[quote]My husband was diagnosed in Feburary after having found a large amount of blood in his urine.  He went to the emergency room in our small town.  They didn't even examine him, just took a urine sample and said it was a urinary tract infection.  Went to the urologist the following Tue. Had a CT scan.  He has had a cyctoscopy and was at T2, grade 3 according to pathology report.  Doctor wanted him to have a partial cyctectomy.  Had this done March 10.  Went back on March 20 to get catheder out.  Doctor told him cancer is now thru the bladder.  Staged at T3, grade 3.  Told him he didn't

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Invasive BC stage 2 grade 3

I had not had a bladder infection since I was a child. But on April fools day of 2004 I knew that was what it was from the start. So on the antibiotic I went and thought that would be that. Wrong….. five antibiotics later found me telling asking my Internist for a good Urologist. By this time I could see blood in my urine. The CT scan and sonogram showed something in the bladder. On Aug. 6th 2004 at 47 I was diagnosed with invasive bladder cancer stage 2 grade 3. My local Urologist wanted to do immediate surgery to remove the bladder, uterus, ovaries, and portion

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superficial non-invasive

Christmas Day 2004, suddenly began to pee blood - no discomfort, no pain - baffled!
Went to see my GP ASAP - recommended I type 'Haematuria' into browser and read up on possible causes - of course I found 'Bladder Cancer' to be the most probable cause. This was confirmed after a cystoscopy a week later. A few weeks later I was admitted into Addenbrookes Hospital where I agreed to have an epidural and watched the whole operation on a monitor - very interesting it was too. The whole thing went very smoothly and I've felt perfectly well through out. I had a small set

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