had my first turbt

Hi Sara Anne, thank you for your reply. I saw the cauliflower on the screen, so can it be anything else besides cancer? Is it possible to have a benign cauliflower? The uro said it looks like papillary carcinoma. Another question. Do different grades look the same? Can you say "low grade" by looking at it? I don't know my grade now, but I thought that it depends on uros preference if he wants to use BCG or not for the low grade. I tried to find some literature about it, still not clear about the matter. I put up some information from the NCI site, they give statistics for different protocols, still not clear about the low grade. Anyway, I will discuss with my uro next time and if he says no than no it will be. Actually, in Canada its not easy to get an appointment with a urologist. If you have cancer, then its quick, but for other problems its 6 months to a year wait on average. I will ask for a second opinion on the pathology report. Maybe he agrees.

Hi Cynthia, you did not miss anything. I am waiting for a pathology report on Feb 18. But I am preparing for the discussion with my uro, thinking of different scenarios. Let's say I have a grade 1 pta (papillary Ta stage), the best biopsy result. What is better to wait 4 months (he mentioned 4 months, I think this is Canadian way of health care savings) doing nothing or to ask for a light BCG treatment to decrease side effects, but still decrease the risk of recurrence.