You will be one of the majority that will beat this!

Thank you, Alan. I truly appreciate reading your words.
I am I guess, a realist and probably to a fault. In my mind I'm already researching bladder replacement procedures.
I'd rather have a pleasant surprise than a big let down. Probably not the thing to do as the angst is terrible.
My urologist came in after the TURBT and shared the photos with me. He said he took several biopsies.
He said he has a patient that had much worse looking the mine who is living his 12th year after diagnosis.
Yes, it all depends on the pathology coming up next week. I have that meeting on Wednesday.
Thank you again.

Welcome Boat,

I too have read all kinds of studies and articles looking for the "facts". I have learned almost every writer of any subject will have actual or subconscious reasons for every view. Not to say many aren’t very good (maybe because I hear or read what I want to hear also).

To distill what I have gleaned is the majority of people will beat this disease. Generally, CIS is more serious than papillary tumors but both can kill. CIS is always considered high grade. Also, I ahve learned to live one day at a time...that doesn't mean one doesn't plan it just means doing the best we can with what presents itself right now. How we deal with it.

Until the pathology report is done you won't really know much. At that time you will have a game plan on beating this. Keep posting as someone will have been there and done that help.

Three weeks ago, Cystoscopy showed A typical Carcinoma in situ (CIS), and a papillary tumor. Today is TURBT. I've been reading CIS can be very aggressive.
At this point I guess I just wait to see what the pathology report says and go from there.
I am an otherwise 64 yer old, never smoked ever, but a 45 yr career as a marine/industrial painter.

I wonder what the true cure rate is for CIS? I've read numbers all over the place.