Thanks everyone. All three docs at UCH are doing research and clinical trials in the brief bios I have seen so far.
Just sent my doc (he's working on getting me in with one of them asap) saying have fast I can get there so even if someone has a cancellation to have them call me.
You are all correct that my plan is to attack this thing head on! I'm kind of hoping that the one in the chest is from so other new "more treatable" cancer and not bladder cancer mets. Who knows if that would be better or not.
Since we moved out to the boonies on our little farm, I'm an hour and half away from anyplace to get chemo.
Fine with me as this makes it easier to pick the better place which is UCH. Otherwise, we may have picked the one in Fort Collins. That's a great hospital but UCH is NCI and they are an excellent teaching hospital and very high on the oncology ratings.
Thanks again everyone! Again, as I know more, I will update everyone here.
Mike
Age 54
10/31/06 dx CIS (TisG3) non-invasive (at 47)
9/19/08 TURB/TUIP dx Invasive T2G3
10/8/08 RC neobladder(at 49)
2/15/13 T4G3N3M1 distant metastases(at 53)
9/2013 finished chemo -cancer free again
1/2014 ct scan results....distant mets
2/2014 ct result...spread to liver, kidneys, and lymph...