Hello mellycat... welcome to the forum. Your father was diagnosed young, and you especially young. I am sending my best thoughts for your surgery on the 21st that all goes well.
My best to you and your Dad,
Catherine
Best wishes... Catherine
TURBT 1/21/10 at age 55
Dx: T2aN0M0 Primary Bladder Adenocarcinoma
Partial Cystectomy 2/25/10
Vanderbilt Medical Center
Nashville, TN