Hello all,
Last month, I noticed some blood in my urine and went to an urgent care facility. They did a urinalysis and everything came back negative except for a moderate amount of blood; they assumed I had a stone or something and referred me to a urologist. The urologist did not seem too concerned since I am so young and said it could be a wide range of things causing the blood, but ordered a CT scan and cytology to be on the safe side.
Cytology came back negative, so we were hopeful the CT wouldn't show anything serious. The CT showed "abnormal findings with irregular mass within the lateral urinary bladder on the left abutting the bladder wall measuring 1.3 x 1.1 x 1.8cm. No adenopathy. No renal or ureteral abnormalities demonstrated." So, I had a cystoscopy last Monday, which showed "a 2.50cm lesion/mass located at the left lateral wall bladder." I am scheduled for a TURBT with Bluelight Cysview on Monday the 23rd.
I am a 23 year old male, never smoked and am stunned. My questions are:
1) Is there anything I should know about the location of this tumor?
2) Does anyone have experience with Bluelight?
3) Should I be concerned about the discrepancies in the sizing of the tumor between reports (5 days apart from each other) or is it normal for them to differ some?
Thanks in advance!
