Chemo after surgery

I forgot to mention my husband is T4a N2 M0 high grade BC.

Hi, my husband on Aug 12th had a RC with lymph node dissection of 20 nodes, 3 were positive. He just started his chemo this week with today being day 2. Pat is very knowledgable about BC and she usually has great insight. We have no idea where your sister is and I agree having a great and I do mean well informed cancer team to do whatever needs to be done for your sister is important. I am thinking that 3 months does seem a bit long but then again, not sure what protocol they are using. Pat is an excellent resource for whatever you need. We are fortunate that the city we live in is very good with medical care and especially for cancer. Our city is one of two places in the United States that has the Calypso Prostate Cancer radiation therapy unit, the other one is at Memorial Sloan Kettering in NYC. So we are pretty progressive for a smaller community. I wish your sister well.

It seems like an alful long time from her initial chemo to the surgery.......really long time. What was her initial diagnosis...invasive obviously, but how did they stage her? Did she have a CT scan, bone scan, blood work prior to all the chemo. What chemo did she have and how often did she have it? How many lymph nodes did they take out?
You can only tolerate so much cisplatin...so i'm wondering what protocol they are planning on doing at this point?
Where is she being treated? You may need to get a second opinion quickly at a major cancer center known for treating bladder cancer.
pat

My sister was diagnosed with bladder cancer in February. She had a couple months of chemo. The first week of August she had surgery to remove the bladder. She opted for an internal bag but when they did the surgery they found more cancer so they did the external bag. Recovery from the surgery seems to be going very well. She has been told that the cancer that was found (in the lymph nodes) will be treated with additional chemo, however, the chemo won't start until after her next appt with the surgeon and that isn't until the end of October! I understand that she has to recover completely from the surgery but 3 months seems like a long time to wait before attacking the cancer that was found. I know every individual is different but would like to hear from others as to whether or not this is "normal" or if this seems like a long period to wait. Thanks.