Blog Entries tagged 'radical cystectomy'

BC and ME

cdhorton1@yahoo.com — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Hello, my name is Charlotte I am 38 and have two children 12 and 8 years old. I used to worry about my husband getting lung cancer since both his father and grandfather died at an early age from it. We both quite smoking cigarets 11 years ago. He still has an occasional cigar.

March 15, 2008 saw blood in my urine and made an appointment with doctor for next day. For the next month they treated me for UTI and Kidney stones.

April 16, 2008 now having dark red urine. Had a c [...]

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 [...]

Susan - Delayed Diagnosis, Part II

rosssm@hotmail.com — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 13:41:36 +0100

In January 2007, the bleeding became continuous. I went to my present primary care doctor and was told that I should take antibiotics and see if it improved. I called back when the big clots started coming but was told (by a nurse) to just keep my regular appointment. I didn't get to that appointment because I had to go to the hospital with "frank bleeding." I got a referral to a urologist while hospitalized and had a tur after being transferred to a hospital repaired enough [...]

Susan - Delayed Diagnosis, Part I

rosssm@hotmail.com — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 13:40:26 +0100

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/d [...]

fathers long journey

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 [...]

Story so far

claire.caulfield@btinternet.com — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:24:14 +0100

IVE BEEN SKIING
We have had a fantastic time I honestly couldnt believe how great and how well I felt.Promising myself this holiday was the thing that kept me focused when things were not so great.
I wasnt The Herminator or anything but skied every morning with my long suffering husband then had lunch before taking my little boy back to the hotel where we both had a nap.Most days we went back out to have the last few runs with Steve and the girls or play in the snow we even went tobog [...]

Story so far

claire.caulfield@btinternet.com — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 10:47:14 +0100

I hope this helps someone.
I am 41.
In May I thought I had my first ever dose of cystitis I congratulated myself on never having it before and being a pharmaceutical rep instead of going to my Gp or pharmacy for treatment pinched samples from a fellow rep to treat it.It didnt work and two weeks later I went to my Gp by now I was pretty uncomfortable with symptoms of retention and bladder fullness.He gave me antibiotics and sent me away.
This seemed to work we went on holiday disc [...]

organ preservation

jimandnancy_1997@yahoo.com — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 17:42:14 +0100

I found out I had grade 4, stage 3 bladder cancer 6 weeks ago. All the urologists wanted to remove the bladder, prostrate, etc. I am a fairly young man (58), and I was not content with that path of treatment. Something in my gut gold me there must be a better way. I got a second opinion from one of the leading universities (UCSF). This was not easy because the insurance company didn�t really want to pay for it. I found out that the new trend, if at all possible, is to preserve the organ, though [...]

TCC Stage III/IV5/12/00 Radical Cystectomy w/Conti

cabbott@floyd.edu — Sun, 03 Aug 2003 22:59:47 +0100

TCC Stage III/IV
5/12/00 Radical Cystectomy w/Continent Urinary Diversion (Indiana Pouch)

Update Sept 2005-Five Years,four months and still doing great! "Ditto" my Nov 2004 update.
Update Nov 2004: Cat scans, chest x-ray, urine cytology, blood work, etc. all indicate "no evidence of disease" ... Indiana Pouch works great! Never any infections or other problems. I give credit to superior surgical skill and blessings from above.
E-mail me anytime . . . cabbott@highlands [...]

aggressive grade 4,

ninnette@earthlink.net — Fri, 14 Mar 2003 17:00:07 +0100

aggressive grade 4,

Hello Everyone,

My husband Jack was diagnosed with grade 4 bladder cancer 3 weeks ago. CAT & bone scan have
come back negative. This web-site has been a great source of information and inspiration.
Thank you to all who have shared your experiences!
This whole situation is so new to us (still trying to dicipher all the abbreviations & terms etc.)
If anyone would care to share advise, I would be very glad to hear from you.

Th [...]

Right posterior wall bladder tumor

rgdyk@att.net — Mon, 07 Oct 2002 15:50:36 +0100

Right posterior wall bladder tumor

In 1998, my Dad Chester at age 71 was diagnosed with an elevated PSA level. The Urologist at Hackensack University Medical Center, which he was sent to for consultation, told him he was a prime candidate for prostate cancer. The recommendation was to receive Lupron injections and undergo radiation treatments. Additionally upon further recommendation, my Dad chose radiation seed implants to treat the spread of this cancer.

In July- August o [...]

Transitional cell carcinoma, recent Radical Cystec

jwanshutz@aol.com — Mon, 11 Jun 2001 00:37:54 +0100

Transitional cell carcinoma, recent Radical Cystectomy

I am a 49 year old male. In October of 1992, I was diagnosed with Superficial Bladder Cancer. The tumor was malignant and quite large, but had not become invasive. 6 weeks after the tumor was removed, we did the BCG therapy. It was successful, and for the next 5 years there was no recurrence. I had regular cysto's, and occasional biopsies and IVP's. On the last cysto, there were some red areas in the bladder and we did a bio [...]

TCC Bladder, Stage III. Radical cystectomy, Indian

cabbott@floyd.edu — Sat, 02 Jun 2001 21:23:56 +0100

TCC Bladder, Stage III. Radical cystectomy, Indiana pouch 5/12/00

Update: 7/18/2001: Checkup with uro/onc; chem 12, urine cytology, chest x-ray, ultrasound & IVP of kidneys . . . ALL CLEAR! Whew! Return in Dec 2001.

At the age of 53, in good health, never having smoked, worked around chemicals or cancer-causing agents, etc. no family history of cancer . . . I was taken by surprise when diagnosed. My symptoms of frequency/urgency and stress incontinence were evident onl [...]

Tumor in bladder seen on IVP films

ghwoodruff@cs.com — Sun, 06 May 2001 14:49:38 +0100

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 wr [...]

Grade IV, invasive, Radical Cystectomy, Cancer got

mykebland@hotmail.com — Tue, 27 Feb 2001 13:54:45 +0100

Grade IV, invasive, Radical Cystectomy, Cancer got out of bladder. shocked the doctor, survived for almost 5 years and going simi strong.

June 8th, 2001

In July 2000, I woke up one morning and pee'ed blood. I went to the VA Hospital in Denver, and was told that they suspected cancer. I had a IVP test, that showed a growth on the left side of my bladder. In August 2000 I had a cystoscope, it showed two tumors in my bladder. In August 2000, I had two cystoscope surgerie [...]