It was a real surprise finding out that Rudy and I both live in Fort Collins, CO. We set up a meeting and it was great. Small world!
Glad to hear everything has gone so well for you Rudy!
Sometimes when people talk about quality of life with a neobladder, I kind of think "What kind of quality of life is it having to wear glassees or contact lenses? What about dentures?".
At least with my neobladder, it doesn't fog up when I walk outside in humid weather! Glasses were much more of a pain than my neobladder is.
Quality of life! Humbug! It's a piece of cake and I'm even one of the guys who had complications. I wear condom catheters when I sleep, but guess what: I sleep completely uninterupted through the night, every night. I have to catheterize myself, but that's a piece of cake as well.
Still have all my teeth so I guess I will carry on. For heaven's sake, if I needed full dentures, I'm just not sure it would be worth it given the quality of life concerns. How could I go on without being able to eat caramel apples and gumdrops?
Mike