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Stage TA Grade I/III

Saw blood and flecks in urine. GP placed me on antibiotics for week went back still had blood. Sent to Urologist. Ran IVP, CT Scan, chest xrays more blood tests. Saw thickening on bladder wall. Scheduled cystocope the following week. Saw small tumor. Scheduled for TURB Thanksgiving week told him no way family was going to ocean for the holiday was not going to walk around with catheter all holiday. Scheduled for the following week. Removed tumor had catheter in for seven days (loads of fun). Began 6 week BCG two weeks after TURB. Felt lousy and tired most of the time with

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Tumor in bladder seen on IVP films

Found hematuria in urine in October.
Went to urologist in December and tumor showed on IVP film.
Cysto to remove tumor 1/2/2001
Following cysto could't urinate
Had catheter in when I got second opinion from MSK
Dr. Herr did another cysto on 1/25/2001 and remove remains of tumor.
Dr Herr advised me that the biopsy showed no carcinoma on 2/5/2001. Advised me to return for check up in May.
I felt that something was wrong in the middel of Arril so I called the doctor and he saw something when he did a cysto in his office.
Docror decided to do another cysto and removed

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December 20, 2000

This story was originally written as a letter to another patient of Dr. Mark Schoenberg, our surgeon for our common bladder cancer and successful neo-bladder replacement

I too had a successful bladder replacement (neo-bladder) performed by Mark Schoenberg, M.D, Director of Urologic Oncology, Associate Professor of Urology & Oncology at the Brady Urological Institute, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md. I will try to relate some of my experiences. First let me congratulate you on passing your five-year mark; I am celebrating my five-month mark, having had my cancerous

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3 non invasive tumors size of a quarter

no recurrance in three years, taking BCG treatments and recently had increase in PSA reading.( from 4 to 11.5) Dr. said could be from BCG treatments. Has anyone experienced this? Thanks, Lou

After two biopsies my doctor has assured me my high psa is due to the bcg treatments, my last bcg treatment was 6 months

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Three instances of non-metastisized tumors in the bladder between April 1997 and May, 2000.

During the winter of 1996 I urinated blood a couple of times while away from home for the winter. I returned home and went to my local urologist who found several superficial cancerous tumors in the bladder. They were removed in May of 97 and I went back for cysto checks every three months. After several "clean" checkups I went for check ups every six months. Then in October of 1998, the urologist found and removed several more Grade II non-invasive tumors. I returned for three-month check-ups and

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TCC currently starting BCG treatments,

In Feb. of 99 I had trouble urinating.I went to DR. and thought I had an infection.He gave me antibiotics and it cleared up for about 1 mon. and came right back.I did a xray of the urinary tract bladder and kidneys.They showed shading in the bladder area.Went in for a cysto aweek later and awoke in a hospital recovery room in extreme pain.Next thing I know Im in a privite room with my family and the dr. and he's telling me he removed 11 tumors from my bladder 2 where golf ball size clusters.One of those was blocking the neck of my bladder.The tumors

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Bladder tumor found growing into lamina propria with CIS in rest of bladder. Grade I or II of III.

I was diagnosed with bladder cancer at age 35 in 1994. I had blood in the urine and could actually feel the tumor for some reason. My doctors cannot understand this. I had a TURBT with multiple biopsies and was found to have CIS and the tumor was growing into the lamina propria. Cystectomy was advised. I refused at that point opting for BCG, Mitomycin C and Adriamycin. I am also a patient at UCLA Med Ctr but have not been back in a few years as my last two biopsies show dysplasia only. Most

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Papillary tumor of the bladder.

Since late 1998, was being seen by my urologistRed Bank, N.J.) for prostatitus. During the course of my treatment(mainly anitbiotics), red blood cells were observed under microscpoic examination of my urine. While initially thought to be due to the infection, the doctor recommended a more thorough workup. An IVP was done which was negative. The resulting X-rays were examined by both the radiologist as well as the urologist.
I was also scheduled(3/1999) for a cystoscopy which was done in the day stay surgery unit at the hospital. When the cysto was performed

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