Thank you all so far.
Much appreciated!
Wish I joined before starting treatment, but it seems I now know what to expect. At least for me, the side effects are, fatigue, body aches, headaches, little lightheaded, and of course, bladder discomfort.
Some added info from my post yesterday, I had one urologist do the first diagnosis (ct-scan and cystoscopy) and surgery and a second specialist, a urology oncologist, do the second TURB and second diagnosis. The second doctor is part of the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, and he is working out of the University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC). So I think I am in good hands with the specialists as well as the people around me including you all.
The one interesting fact is that the specialist is recommending the traditional 6 week treatment and then a follow up 3 week treatment every 3 months for the next 3 years. Has anyone else gone through the additional treatments?
The last bit of info... 38 year old male, no history of cancer in the family, and a non-smoker. So lucky me!!! The 1% of the 1%. The benefit I have is my youth, and the fact that in the 8 months prior to my diagnosis I had lost about 40 lbs and that I eat very healthy. So I think I coincidentatlly started out in the right direction.
Well, thank you again, and I will keep you all up to date on the progress.
Jason
