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10 years 5 months ago #45515 by sara.anne
Replied by sara.anne on topic First time - From Australia
Maree, there are thousands of people who participate in this forum, and I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF ANYONE GETTING A HOLE IN THEIR BLADDER FROM A TURB! The urologist
is very discriminating in his sampling...he looks, with the camera, and takes very discrete samples of places that look problematic. These are then sent for biopsy to determine the exact type and extent of the tumor or suspected tumor areas. There is no widespread "scraping." When the path report comes back, it will state the exact site of each small piece that is analyzed. The urologist WILL remove any polyps that he finds...this CAN be curative for papillary carcinoma.

Good luck to you and your husband.

Sara Anne
Diagnosis 2-08 Small papillary TCC; CIS
BCG; BCG maintenance
Vice-President, American Bladder Cancer Society
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10 years 5 months ago #45512 by mareewifeofgreg
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Yes - mine (Hubby) is going fullon with carrot juice & vege juice & other goodies incl Colloidal Silver, Vit C, alkalizers to try & improve his condition as much as possible before first TURBT due within next few weeks. Its all a bit scary at this stage. Scraping the entire lining of his bladder with the possibility of making a hole in it does not sound like fun. He has a terrible time after cytos as it is, withour all that going on. Still, it seems inevitable. Tehn there will be BCG.............

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10 years 5 months ago #45506 by bestfriend
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Maybe eating lots of the yellow/orange helped the immunity maybe not, but I felt I was being proactive. Maybe it just helped mentally, could be:)
bestfriend

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11 years 4 months ago #43785 by ultraphil
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At this stage Catherine just getting them removed when they get identified and then doing the examination 3-6 months later...but will be asking the Surgeon some more questions on future treatment after this next one is removed.

Phil

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11 years 4 months ago #43783 by CatherineH
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Hello Phil... Welcome to the forum. Best of luck on your upcoming third TURBT. That sounds like a lot to go through in 18 months. Have you had BCG or any other treatments?
Best wishes... Catherine

TURBT 1/21/10 at age 55
Dx: T2aN0M0 Primary Bladder Adenocarcinoma
Partial Cystectomy 2/25/10
Vanderbilt Medical Center
Nashville, TN

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11 years 4 months ago #43781 by upnorth
Replied by upnorth on topic First time - From Australia
Good luck with the site. :)

Let us know how things are going over there once in awhile.

Mark
Age 55
Diagnosed BC 12/20/2011 Ta No Mo 0a Non-Invasive At age 48
"Please don't cry because it is over..... Smile because it happened!" {Dr. Seuss} :)

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