After biopsy

It's always good to get it taken care of quickly. I think he wants to be absolutely sure that it is completely benign and they get good margins.

If it is as it sounds, you most likely (check those numbers again) won't ever be cancer. Regular follow up and monitoring will probably be in the cards and don't ignore those.

Best of luck!

Mike

Nothing wrong with things being done quickly. I'm sure its to rule out anything more ominous. But having said that you have the #1 Urology Hospital in the country right in Baltimore at Johns Hopkins and also tops in bladder cancer, kidney stones, or anything relating to the urinary tract. None of this is meant to alarm you...just to keep you on the right track. The top specialist at Hopkins is Dr. Mark Schoenberg
urology.jhu.edu/markschoenberg/index.php
He does have an email address and is very good about answering questions and extremely helpful.
Pat

Hrm, that's what I thought. This was all being scheduled very quickly. I wonder what to think about that.

Also I'm given to understand from my readings that the benign/malignant line can be a little bit fuzzy scientifically. A bladder papilloma is more serious---because it can upgrade---than a fibroepithelial tumour which really *is* benign.

mmc: It was intended as a morbid statistics joke along the lines of "a little bit pregnant", riffing off the 5-10% risk of malignant transformation which is the only real reason to bother to get it removed.