Thanks so much, Mike & Bill. Mike, the article you point to is one I've read (among many) and is now in a 3 ring binder with other articles. Our doc was very up front about the two sides to T1G3 and the immediate cystectomy opinion held by many docs.
Bill, he clearly said he had no qualms about our getting a second opinion. I've felt more and more confident of what he's telling us as I've waded through the medical lit. I'm lucky in that I was a medical librarian before I took my current position and have used my research training in my current librarian job, so my skills are no too rusty. Frankly, I was scared of what I'd read, but, as I said, I'm feeling more confident.
I will look into getting slides seen elsewhere and will start asking about the best we can get should my husband need the cystectomy.
We live in FL. We haven't checked our insurance to see what it'll do elsewhere. That's another step in our journey. This has been so fast we've yet to see a statement from the insurance.
If we have to go with cystectomy, any recommendations in FL? I see that the U of So. FL (or maybe Central, I wasn't paying close attention ) is a Cancer Center. So is Univ. of AL, B'ham. Those and anything in Atlanta would be closest to us, but we'll go where we need to go for the best. I do wonder how difficult it is to get a second opinion at places like MD Anderson or Johns Hopkins, especially if we're talking about dealing quickly with the G3.
Again, many thanks.