Clear Cysto and Chat with Urologist

16 years 8 months ago #6557 by Rosemary
Clear Cysto and Chat with Urologist was created by Rosemary
My doctor is very pleased that I had a clear cysto today. "It looks good. This is good news."

My doctor is very good about allowing me to chat and in helping me to feel free about asking questions. He looks me in the eyes.

He wants to do an upper scan in the next 3 months to make sure the kidneys are clear...

The question came up of the Mitomycin issue and evidently my Uro clinic stopped doing Mitomycin because of a reported death in the Urological World and there is a major law suit going on about it, and it hasn't been determined yet what exactly caused it. "Law Suit" is the operative word here, I think...

I told him I felt that there was a definite correlation between the bladder and the lungs, and he really listened to my thoughts. He said I felt that way because of the correlation of smoking and I said, yes, but, doesn't bladder cancer usually metasticize to the lungs first? And he said that it can go other places, but, yes, they usually take a good look at the lungs.

(Just free associating with my good doctor. )

He is now diagnosing me as a patient with a "history of bladder cancer" instead of a "patient with bladder cancer."

Thanks everyone for your support.

Your always friend,
Rosemary

Rosemary
Age - 55
T1 G3 - Tumor free 2 yrs 3 months
Dx January 2006

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