Newly diagnosed - looking for support

14 years 3 days ago - 14 years 3 days ago #31066 by Humpy
Replied by Humpy on topic Newly diagnosed - looking for support
Arthur, Pat created your own personal thread. Please read, and post there. We are at your service.


Newly diagnosed Invasive..Need Support
www.bladdercancersupport.org/index.php?option=com_kunena&Itemid=114&func=view&catid=5&id=31043

Age 54
T1NOMX,Grade 3 Urothelial CIS (Carcinoma in Situ)
Neobladder 5/19/2009
Prostate Capsule Sparing
U of M Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan

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14 years 3 days ago #31062 by Arthur
Replied by Arthur on topic Newly diagnosed - looking for support
Thank you all for your replies.
I am in the Chicago area and will be treated at a University Hospital by a Urological Oncologist. Humpy,I am glad to know life should be and will be back to " normal" in about 6 months. Based on what I have heard from some others, I was expecting to still be recouperating at that time.

How long should be expected in the hospital? Any other things to look out or forward to that the Dr's don't talk about?

Once again thank you,
rgds
Arthur

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14 years 4 days ago #31047 by Humpy
Replied by Humpy on topic Newly diagnosed - looking for support
Art, I am 10 months postop with a Neobladder. Walk in the park? No. End of the world? No. What it comes done to, is about 3 months of inconvenience. By 6 months you will be saying, what was the big deal? I do everything now that I did before. Golf, Hockey, etc. It is not the end, it is the begining. There are alot fo great people here, and we will be by your side. Have you sought a second opinion? Are you going to a cancer center or University hospital? Don't be afraid to ask anything. We have been there.

Jim

Age 54
T1NOMX,Grade 3 Urothelial CIS (Carcinoma in Situ)
Neobladder 5/19/2009
Prostate Capsule Sparing
U of M Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan

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14 years 4 days ago #31045 by Patricia
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mpc...also in your neck of the woods is the excellent Fox Chase Cancer Center...Dr. Robert Uzzo...
www.fccc.edu/physicians/surgical/uzzo.html
Pat

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14 years 4 days ago #31042 by Patricia
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Arthur..i'm moving you over to invasive bladder cancer so you can have your own thread and get more replies.
pat

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14 years 4 days ago #31032 by dukel
Replied by dukel on topic Newly diagnosed - looking for support
Arthur,
You came to the right place, same place i came four months ago.
Nearly everything you need to know is right here. Just start
reading the threads on the forums. There are going to be a lot
of people much wiser then myself jump in to give you advice.
wishing you the best.
Duke.

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