Sara Anne
Certainly not a veteran regarding this, honestly never gave bladder cancer a minutes thought before this August. But I am a pretty analytical person, and try to make my own decisions.
Pathology on the TURB-T came back today, met with my local guy.. About as good as it could get, TaG1.. Seems like the pathology is pretty solid. He wants to just monitor me with cystoscopy every 6 months. His suggestion is to not go with any Mitomycin or BCG since it was staged so low, it was single, and my first. Think I might have Hopkins review the Pathology and see if the staging comes back the same; if it does, this might be a reasonable course of action. Personally, a little aggressive in the treatment department doesn't seem like a bad idea. Of course, if there is a recurrence, and it seems reasonably likely there will be at some point, my perspective will change.
Thing I keep thinking about is, If the extra course of treatment now might reduce the likely hood of a more severe, more aggressive occurrence in the future.
Haven't seen any real definitive data on that.
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