Hi Dixie,
It's great to meet you, and thank you for offering your hard-earned wisdom and experience. It's funny, the path you took, the names you mention (and even the one you hint at) is very familiar to me. I've been active in the blc community for 8 yrs, on behalf of my sister. She goes to Sloan and is quite well.
I've seen Dr. Bajorin speak at a conference in Padova about neo-adjuvant chemo in '05, and Dr. Schoenberg is an advisor to this site and group. Small planet, eh?
You mentioned Dr. Stein as well, another excellent surgeon for American women seeking neobladder surgery. He and the team at USC are brilliant. It's actually a small community of experts in this field of uro-oncology. The money is in...prostate cancer, but as a medical professional you probably know that. So we should cherish the few that specialize in bladder cancer.
Congratulations on that path report, no nodes is good nodes (just made that up). I think you meant that you had your surgery in May '06 and not '07? Just a guess...
I sent out a request to our discussion group, about the question you posed elsewhere on the forum about fistulas. I hope to receive a reply and when and if I do I'll forward you the contact. Or perhaps someone reading the forum will respond with info, I hope so.
I'm glad you were able to get the surgery you preferred. Also happy to see the amount of women that are actively pursuing the options. Or better said, "pro-actively"...
All the best,
Wendy