UPDATE:
My surgery was moved ahead to Monday. My wife and I met with my doctor before the surgery and he told us that while he cannot rule out cancer, in his years of experience, he can usually tell if a bladder tumor is malignant based on the appearance of the tumor during and after surgery. He cited being able to see "roots" as a cause for concern for cancer. He also told me if he had to cut deep that I would go home with a catheter which to me, would have been a bad sign seeing how the tumor didn't look big. I was thinking if I woke up with a catheter, that must have meant it had grown deep.
I had a late surgery and my doctor met with my wife just after surgery. This is also my wife's uro so we all have a great relationship. My wife told me the doctor came into the waiting room with a huge smile on his face. He told my wife he was extremely happy and that the tumor was very small and it did not take much to get it out. He said it wasn't deep at all (which the first thing I felt for when waking up was a catheter and I was relieved to NOT find one). He told my wife that while we must wait for the pathology reports to be certain, he feels the tumor is benign or at worse case, precancerous, or in his words, "something that could have turned into cancer if left untreated."
I am optimistic after hearing what he told my wife but I am still very nervous awaiting the pathology report. Please keep me in your prayers and pray that the doctor is right.
Thank you all!
