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Stage 1 Bladder Cancer/Gemcitabine
Bladder Cancer | Last Active: Mar 9 9:27am | Replies (39)Comment receiving replies
Yes, regarding Covid-19 containment, our government has been reactive not proactive. Although it is easier to control when your country is an island. Nevertheless, there have been issues here and the vaccine rollout gets a bit of a failing grade so far. Maybe it will turn around.
My husband has had carcinoma in situ reoccur a number of times over these fourteen years and yes early on one oncologist recommended removing the bladder and the prostate. My husband went for a second opinion and for the prostate went the radiation route and that worked out very well. And he chose to keep dealing with the bladder with surgeries (TURB) and trying BCG, mitomycin, gemcitabine. Things may get a little complicated now. We'll have to see how bcg goes.
I mention this because maybe like my husband, it may not be time to give up the bladder. Maybe the oncologist will have a different solution.
Life is bittersweet. I am not a religious person, but will hold you in my thoughts and wish the best for you.
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& thankyou for your kind words. Wish you and your husband well.
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Sounds like a similar medical history. My husband also had prostate cancer which he successfully treated with radiation. He also had carcinoma in situ but it never went outside the bladder wall. When he had the radical cystectomy (and removed prostate at same time) they did find a tiny bit of cancer in the right ureter which was removed. Recent ct scan gave him the all clear. My personal opinion is, he should have had a cystectomy a year + earlier.