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@jowilliams1 hi again, thank you very much for your help. From what you wrote…I am also glad that you don’t remember the first few days. I hope my husband also sleeps the first few days. Maybe he won’t remember much. The neobladder is a great option. I’m glad you love it. My husband had a catheter after his Turbt and he hated it. So, he didn’t want the neobladder.
Congrats on 6 months out of surgery. Sounds like you’re doing very well 👍My husband hasn’t been told if he’ll have immunotherapy after surgery, yet. Tomorrow, he goes for the cat scan with contrast to see how the cis/gem chemo worked. Praying it worked fine. As you know,
Many cancer cells cloak themselves or want to and immunotherapy kills them.
What is the name of the immunotherapy that you are given? Is it every week? My husband has a port…is it given through there? Also, I’ve read on here with @moose that he recommends immunotherapy after surgery . I just hope it’s not given through a catheter.
Yes, Dwight was exactly the same…Stage 2 muscle invasive.
It’s a blessing that you are feeling great! I hope the same for my husband. He’s been working his bookkeeping/accounting job all through the chemo and he prays to God that he’ll be able to get back 4 weeks after surgery. Not sure if possible. My daughter works as his assistant bookkeeper…so, she’s been helping him.
You must be so happy the surgery is over! God bless you and may God put His healing hands on you and all to …cure and completely heal from all cancers. 🙏🙏🙏🙏IJN amen🙏

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jowilliams1 | @jowilliams1 | 15 hours ago

I hope the CT scan goes well. Sometimes it seems they can't truly tell if the chemo worked until they see the actual tissue from surgery, but even if the tumor didn't grow that's a good sign. Let me know how it goes.

I'm on Opdivo (nivolumab). I go every other week for a treatment and it is given through my port. It's much easier than chemo and I've had very few side effects but I'm sure everyone is different. I was able to work through chemo as well (happy to have a desk job that made it easier). It's great your daughter can help with his work.

I hope he has an excellent scan tomorrow. This experience has helped me realize so much is out of my hands, and in God's. I
Look forward to hearing everything has gone well for Dwight. Thank you so much for your sweet words of encouragement.

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