A tale from Britain

Posted by: Lourie1 in mens issuesbladder cancer on Print PDF

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 about  stomas and i had to say i was the expert and you wll be fine .But i cant find any one who  has had a lifetime of this " stuff" and it goes on. Britian is a wonderfull country anddo not knok the NHSit is free and100% dedicated to the patient .  Ithinkmanyof you rreading thiswill be from across the pond  i wish you well.  
Once i went to a stoma support group and they thought  i wasthe visitng surgeon which  i though was rather amusing .
I have neve been on a forum before and never really shared this part of mylife but do reply , life can return to normall and  i should know

George - Yorkshire ,England  
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Christopher
June 06, 2006

Wow, you mean to say you have had some type exterior reservoir since birth and that in 1999 you had an interior reservoir constucted after stoma failure? What type of urinary diversion did you have for the first 32 years? What type of cancer were you dianosed with?

What type of bladder reconstruction did you get this time? Hopefully a better, updated model smilies/smiley.gif I'm sure many people would love to learn more.


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