HI, I am new to this List and I am very thankful that I have found this. On 4/18 my husband (age 55 yo) and I went to his Urologist to get the results from his CT scan he had two weeks prior to that. He initially went to the Urologist to see if he was getting kidney stones back again as he had them in 2002. He said it was feeling "weird" when he peed and he thought he saw blood in his urine---he's color blind, so it isn't always easy to see the right colors. Dr. found blood in urine, and with history of kidney stones, ordered a CT scan.
so, now we are in the office to discuss the CT scan and dr. informs us that my husband has a bladder tumor...THe Radiologist said it was a tumor a little greater then 3 cm and probably transitional Cell Carcinoma....he did a cystoscopy right then, I saw the tumor, no biopsy done, there was a calculi in the tumor which he showed us, no pictures were done either. Surgery is scheduled for 5/13/16. Husband and I decided to get a second opinion and we found another urologist in a bigger town....
We went to doctor last Thursday 4/28/16 and he was matter of fact...showed us the CT Scan, said it probably was NOT a tumor, that more then likely inflammation which formed from the bladder stone irritating the tissue around it. I told him I saw the stone and the tumor and would he like me to describe it...he said, "No, I pretty well know what it looks like." I felt that was arrogant....I asked if he ever saw this before with the stone causing inflammation he said "NO." I called the original urologists office last Friday (A day after the second opinion) and told his nurse that we were talking to someone who had inflammation in their bladder and could this perhaps be that. His nurse so no way, Rita, I saw the tumor and it had all the attributes of a tumor. We will get the biopsy done and know for sure.
SOOOOO...my question, has anyone ever heard of the bladder stone causing inflammation. My husband is scheduled for removal of the stone and also a biopsy of the tissue. How concerned should we be...I haven't told my husband about my call to the office...he doesn't want to hear it and doesn't want to be stressed about it right now. He has major things coming down at work this week too.
Any advice you can give me, I sure would appreciate it...Any special questions I should ask this 2 doctor I will do. My husband wants him to do the surgery since he can get us in a lot sooner and is being very conservative. Could he be too conservative. Doc said he'd rather do a ittle bit at a time and then can go back in if he needs to. Please HELP!!Thank you sooo much