Our visit to Duke went well. Dr. Robertson has done extensive things in prostate, but was extremely knowledgeable about females also. He wants mom to have 4 rounds of chemo three weeks apart and then have the bladder removed, sometime around mid October. Iquestioned him about her age as the local urologist was concerned about bladder removal in older folks, but he said he has removed bladders in women as old as 90. My mom will have a CAT scan Thursday and we will proceed to the oncology doc thereafter. I have to trust that we have made the right decision. Dr. Roberston said that with the invasion that she has if we do only chemo it will have a major chance of recurring. Right now we are taking his advice. I love this group and forum and I am learning so many things from you all. Please keep advising me as I post.
Rene in NC