Cystoscopy Question

DreamOnDeb
DreamOnDeb Member Posts: 112
in Kidney Cancer #1

Hello.....my husband is scheduled to have cystoscopy next week with his urologic oncologist.  At that time, we will also discuss how to proceed with the 2 cm kidney tumor that was an incidental finding.  Since this was discovered around two weeks ago, he noticed a small amount of blood in his urine (only once).  Is this test something they normally do prior to surgery?  Do they normally check out the bladder too?

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  • icemantoo
    icemantoo Member Posts: 3,361 Member
    #2
    Fond memories.

    Dream on Deb.

     

    This is a routine test to rule out bladder  Cancer. Urine in the Blood indicates a possability of Kidney Cancer which you already new so NBD (No Big Deal). Many of us have peed red  as our initial finding so a small bit of blood in the urine is NBD.

     

    Icemantoo

  • DreamOnDeb
    DreamOnDeb Member Posts: 112
    #3
    icemantoo said:

    Fond memories.

    Dream on Deb.

     

    This is a routine test to rule out bladder  Cancer. Urine in the Blood indicates a possability of Kidney Cancer which you already new so NBD (No Big Deal). Many of us have peed red  as our initial finding so a small bit of blood in the urine is NBD.

     

    Icemantoo

    Thank you, Icemantoo!  My

    Thank you, Icemantoo!  My nerves are getting the best of me again!

  • APny
    APny Member Posts: 1,995 Member
    #4
    Ask the doc if they could do

    Ask the doc if they could do the cystoscopy while he's under anesthesia for the surgery. Mine was done at the same time as my partial neph and at least I wasn't awake for it. 

  • stub1969
    stub1969 Member Posts: 978 Member
    #5
    Small

    Hi, Deb.  Don't be surprised if your doctor suggests a wait and watch approach to the tumor.  RCC grows rather slowly, so you could go with this approach.  I, on the other hand would opt for surgery to get it out.  With an 80% chance that it is cancer, I'd want the stinker out!

    Good luck!

    Stub

  • DreamOnDeb
    DreamOnDeb Member Posts: 112
    #6
    stub1969 said:

    Small

    Hi, Deb.  Don't be surprised if your doctor suggests a wait and watch approach to the tumor.  RCC grows rather slowly, so you could go with this approach.  I, on the other hand would opt for surgery to get it out.  With an 80% chance that it is cancer, I'd want the stinker out!

    Good luck!

    Stub

    Stub, that's how we feel.

    Stub, that's how we feel.  The wait and watch approach would be torture for us!  That's all we'd be able to think about!  We'd be constantly worrying if it was growing.  What's strange, though, is that my husband does have some pain in his back, even with this tumor being so small.  

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