facing bladder reconstruction

wot do you think about pouch and neo ?

Well Suzi......if it is high grade and stage and into the muscle wall then yes it should come out. But wait for the pathology report. If it is still low grade and stage there is a possiblility that Mitomycin might work or another round of BCG. You need to be very pro-active in your care.
How many reconstructions does he do a year? How many women has he done? Can you have a choice between an Indiana Pouch or a neobladder?
Pat

thank you for the info i had 1 tumor on bladder wall cos bcg failed so early pending on stage and grade but he is pretty convincing he wants it out

hello my consultant said he would probably do the new bladder from my bowel and i would hav no bag i had 1 tumor on bladder wall but he seems pretty sure he wants to take my bladder because my bcg has failed so early?

Hi Suzy....what a journey! I understand you are in the UK and under National Health Care so i'm not all that familiar with your choices of doctors or institutions. I'm hoping some of our other UK members will chime in soon.
A lot depends on your path report and the stage and grade of the tumors...how many returned?
Many of us have undergone reconstruction. You might want to familiarize yourself with the different types of diversions if you have a choice. That may be up to your surgeon. This from The Cleveland Clinic..
my.clevelandclinic.org/services/urinary_reconstruction_and_diversion/hic_Urinary_Reconstruction_and_Diversion.aspx

Pat

please bare with me as i am new to this computer not very technical lol not so new to bladder cancer as i have been dealing with it for nearly a year by myself i am ova the moon to hav found this site my friends r laughing cos i am talking more to my bladder cancer mates than iam to them december 08 i had hysterectomy and they were suprised to find cancerous tumors in my ureter as i had no symptoms at all so 6 weeks later i had my kidney out after a speedy recovery from both ops i began a 6 week course of bcg this was a sucsess sadly my 2nd course has failed and they r waiting on biopsy results tyey hav told me to prepare myself for bladder reconstruction still iam fit and well with no symptoms wotsoever