Bladder Cancer

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Bladder Cancer

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  • User: "edrac"
    Am new to the site. In August 2008 I had my right kidney and ureter removed because of cancer. In Sept 2009 I had my bladder, prostate and left ureter removed and wear an urostomy bag. I am 67 and was…
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    Started by edrac
    Most recent by Deborah1950
  • User: "rickt99"
    Hi, Last week, I had the surgery (TURBT?), which apparently went well. Spent the night and was home the next day. More reecently, the doctor and pathologist informed me that my situation is as follows…
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    Most recent by jrwixson
  • User: "Armondo713"
    Hello - I am hoping you can help my father, he has had his Indiana pouch for about 8 years and he is suffering terribly with infections in the pouch. Have you experienced any types of infections assoc…
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    Started by Armondo713
    Most recent by jmjdy2000
  • User: "powermom"
    HI - bladder hemangioma - arteriorvenus malformation kind. Did anyone hear of it? From what i hear and read it's extremely rare. Uro aleady biopsied, fulgurized it. The clots keep coming with gross he…
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    Started by powermom
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  • User: "Deddysgirl"
    I found out that my father has stage 4 bladder cancer mestasized to the bone in october. He is currently in the hospital due to his platelets from chemo and a blockage in his urinary tract. I have alw…
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    Started by Deddysgirl
    Most recent by Chris777
  • User: "Gene0613"
    I am a 57 year old male. Smoked for about 18 years, but have recently quit. Have had kidney and prostate infections since I was in my 20's. Kidney stones came into play roughly 20 years ago. I have ha…
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    Started by Gene0613
    Most recent by Lazy_Bones
  • User: "94daley"
    Hello, My dad has stage 2 bladder cancer and just finished his chemo. He is in poor health overall after 30 years of Iron Working and 50 Years of smoking (which he just quit), and is 66 years old. He …
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    Started by 94daley
    Most recent by Lazy_Bones
  • User: "Flyingtigers"
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    Most recent by MyJourneywithCancer
  • User: "Rasi100"
    My husband 42 yrs, tumour was found in bladder in his annual check up. Urologist has removed the tumour(3.4x.6 CMs)next day byTubrt and sent for biopsy. There were absolutely no symptoms. Waiting for …
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  • User: "HamsNanny"
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  • User: "MyJourneywithCancer"
    This recent publication showed a cost effective, noninvasive way to determine genetic alterations in metastatic Bladder Cancer. The authors found DNA sequencing from tumor DNA circulating in plasma re…
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  • User: "ekusel"
    Howdy Folks, I am hoping that someone can give me some idea of how long it takes to become continent after RC. I actually miss the Foley and told the nurse who removed it that I would miss it. She sai…
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    Started by ekusel
    Most recent by rlc67
  • User: "jayden0102"
    hi all. i have not long been diagnosed with bladder cancer but they havnt done any test to prove other then a visual look inside my bladder, off that visual look they have said that i have a very larg…
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    Started by jayden0102
    Most recent by WonderWoman2017
  • User: "Impatient123"
    My dad is a ~50 year old smoker that was diagnosed with Ta high grade bladder cancer on Feburary and had his first TURBT surgery in May. He had his second TURBT at UCS in August and was comfirned to h…
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    Started by Impatient123
    Most recent by rdb
  • User: "dhmct"
    Hi, My mom was diagnosed with Upper Tract Urothelia Carcinoma- after surgery we found out it was stage 3, high grade and localized. A portion of her urteter was removed. Our next step is 4 rounds of p…
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    Started by dhmct
  • User: "Judysjourney"
    Bladder cancer but its in my kidney? Anyone?
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    Most recent by bdc512
  • User: "asma"
    hi pls reply ..bladder cancer survivors ..do you experience years of choronic bladder inflammation or micro hemuturia before having cancer ive microscopic blood cells in urine from more than 4 years a…
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  • User: "CLTYXX"
    Hi there, new to the forum. Just being diagnosed with High Grade T1/2. I am 46 and looks like I was brought down by my bad habits when I was young. I had a TUR in early April and the biopsy was not co…
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  • User: "Sukishe1"
    As a new member I wanted to understand my potential for bladder cancer. I have had both esophageal and prostate cancers within the last 6 years. I was fortunate to have a stage one esophageal cancer a…
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    Started by Sukishe1
    Most recent by sherry123
  • User: "Keila5"
    I have a kidney stent and am now getting regular chemo. Have experienced a lot of discomfort with the kidney stent, which is replaced every 3 months, but now with chemo, find more irritation. Has anyo…
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    Started by Keila5
    Most recent by Kaleena
  • User: "CSN_Anne"
    Hello everyone, Thank you to all of you who have alerted us to the PM spamming from earlier today. I apologize for the inconvenience. While we do have securities in place, we are not always able to ca…
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  • User: "Abc1234abc"
    We live in Central Florida and need some help finding a good Bladder Cancer Dr. BF has just been diagnosed his Urologist isn't being very helpful and has yet to tell him the type or stage. He has had …
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    Started by Abc1234abc
    Most recent by u4art
  • User: "HamsNanny"
    I completed my chemo 5 months ago for bladder cancer and have had to go to my orthopedic surgeon twice already for shoulder and hip problems. He has given me steroid shots in one shoulder and one sid…
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    Started by HamsNanny
    Most recent by dknauer
  • User: "Angelisea"
    I was just diagnosed with a low grade Bladder Cancer two days ago. Any advice on any special foods I should be eating? Is exercise important? (like walking) Thank You! (I wasn't told anything except '…
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    Started by Angelisea
    Most recent by SPRD
  • User: "tigger2512"
    Hi, I will try to make this as short as possible..routine colonoscopy (my first one) took out a polyp. I was having some back pain afterwards and went to follow up on an ovarian cyst...that was gone b…
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  • User: "LauraMini"
    Hi, My Partner was diagnosed with Bladder cancer 2 years ago. He is 32 and has been having treatments on and off. normally every six months he will have a series of treatments. The last few times he h…
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    Started by LauraMini
  • User: "arunkumar"
    Last september my father complained of blood in urine , & he said he didn't have any pain discharging urine. The local physician asked us to consult a Urologist after finding out a tumour of size 9*7*…
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    Started by arunkumar
    Most recent by Jrchely1
  • User: "herb123"
    Hi - I feel I may not have been properly diagnosed and am looking for a urologist who is familiar with meningioma of the urinary bladder. Does anyone have any recommendations? I live in New York. Than…
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    Started by herb123
  • User: "Wolverine81"
    I'm a 35 year old male and found out yesterday. I was urinating drops of blood after emptying my baldder, so my family doctor sent my to a urologist after ruling out infection. The urologist ordered a…
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    Started by Wolverine81
    Most recent by HalBo2
  • User: "Judyeee"
    I am havng surgery 11/2/10 and will be in hospital 7=10 days. Cancer is surrounding bladder and blocking kidney and of a "rare" type they say -- only a handful since 1991, no protocol. They are removi…
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    Started by Judyeee
    Most recent by megagarwal