Author: Rosemary

Much thanks, Chris… Good to hear from you.   I hope you are well also.  I think of you and the kids. Rosemary

Path report came back today "benign"… :'(My last conversation with my doc, as he is leaving to go to another group in another city :'( He said, "Don’t let recurrances get you down"…. and also, "You can do all the wrong things and the cancer won’t come back, or you can do all the right […]

The biopsy is over.  The worst part being the 2 1/2 hour holding time lying in bed with a needle in your arm and being hungry. I was only under heavy sedation, not anesthesia or epidural,  and I believe that I talked through the surgery, or at least part of it.  Hope I was nice, […]

Thanks to you both.  You are both in my thoughts as well….let’s hang in there together!! 🙂

I’m going for biopsy # 3 tomorrow. The doc called tonight to see if I were jittery or had any questions. I asked him if he would be giving me the mitomycin if he didn’t see anything in there, and at first he asked me if I wanted him to give it (?) but before […]

I had my 3 month cystoscopy this afternoon.  The doc said, "Your bladder looks great"   He also did a MP22 (???) analysis of my urine and he warned  that sometimes it gives false positives (so beware), but if it’s negative, then negative means negative. It was negative. He wants to do a biopsy next […]

I’ve posted bits and pieces of "My Story" around the story board, but am home today after a colonoscopy, which went pretty well, so I thought I would add my story here, as it is sometimes interesting to discuss variables about our disease and treatment amongst ourselves… First off, I believe that I’ve had this […]

I appreciate your reply… 6 Months Old????? You took the words right out of my Doctor’s mouth!!! Had a BCG today, and the doc and I had a long talk.  He said, "These are just the cards you are dealt"… Thank you so much for your reply…. Rosemary

:oI was just wondering who else out there is very low risk for having ever even gotten this cancer…(BUT HAVE IT ANYWAY). I mean how low risk can you get… FemaleNon smokingNever worked around textiles or cleaning agents..Don’t even eat meat (especially not cured meat)54 years old. I  have two aunts.  One is 90 and […]