I am new here and trying to navigate around so please bare with me....Here is my saga so far....I have had an enlarged prostate for some time and take meds, but about 3 weeks ago i started bleeding when I went to the bathroom (urinating) so I ran over to the emergency room and they did a ct scan and was told i need to follow up with a uroligist but it looked like a bladder infection....Cipro for 2 weeks......in the meantime i went to a urologist who did a cystoscope and saw a "redness" on my bladder that he wanted to check out.
This past Tuesday i went in for another cysto procedure, with anethsesia, to do a biopsy....the doc told me that he had to go deeper than he thought with the laser, but it didnt appear that it penetrated the wall of the bladder and i was at an early stage....he did say bladder cancer however....so naturally for me I am freaking out....I had a catheter for 2 days and boy that was THE PITS, and when i had it taken out thursday, he said he would have the pathology report this coming Wednesday, it cannot come fast enough.
I have been a little uncomfortable, I guess from the laser burning the crap off, and also have been VERY nervous and feel like a sick person!
Now I know why he gave me vicodin though I have only used tylenol extra strength, but all i feel like doing is lying around and moping.....which is what i am doing now.lol
I have never had a really serious physical disease, have read up on the usual medical sites, and I guess Bladder cancer at earlier stages has a pretty good record of living a life with it.....I am already disabled with depression/anxiety so of course it dosnt help matters, and i am doing the best i can.
Any and all comments would be welcomed with an open heart and mind.
Thanks for listening and reading,
alanlee