Hi, the continuing saga of dealing with prostate. Recap: had prostate cancer in 2004 and treated with seed implants and external beam radiation at Sloan Kettering in NYC. Cancer has continued to be gone. Issue: the radiation damaged tissue so now have a fistual(canal) connecting my bladder with my colon and urine and feces are in both places to the extent that I have frequent(every 4 months) bladder or kidney infections. Doctors want to remove the bladder and remove most of the colon and replace with external bags for the rest of my life. I am told my tissues are too delicate to remove the fistual and patch up the bladder and patch up the bowel to keep the two systems separate again. HELP...anyone have this also or run across other ways to treat this fistual other than with organ removal and bags? I am on daily low dose antibiotics which helps hold down the infections. Been dealing with this for 3 years and hoping medical innovation will evolve to give me more options. Thoughts?

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