Believe me we all know the shock that you are going through, the all hours search for information to somehow show that what you have been told isn't true, they missed something they must have right?
I think that even though your Oncologist is young she is probably more on the right path than your Uro. but that being said, you will need a top Doctor, and probably a surgeon...Better to get going on that as soon as possible.
One of the hardest things that I have found is trying to separate yourself from the cancer. The cancer is not you, and it does not have you unless you let it. Your job right now, and it is a tough one, is to do everything possible to get that invader out of your body. If it takes your hair falling out, removing your bladder, chemo, radiation, whatever...it has no right to be in your body, and you have to fight it with all that you have.
You are more than your hair, and you are more than your bladder, and you are more than this cancer...you can do this...you must do this...whatever must be must be...get rid of it as soon as possible, anyway that you can, and do it with a team that is the best skilled at all aspects of killing it.
You are lucky in the fact that you are in CA...There are some of the best people in the country right at your backdoor. Find them, ask for help, and get it done.
This board is for support, you may find as others have this is invaluable during the coming months...We are here for you...it is a place to ask questions, get real, whatever those emotions or challenges are.
, and it is also a place to laugh, and get some relief from the pressures that we are under, all in various stages...You will be surprised how quickly you learn, and in no time you will be assisting someone else.
Sorry if it seems we are a little agressive, but compared to Transitional Cell Carcinoma, we are a kittens,
Karen
