I'm wondering what the long term effects of having a urinary diversion are? I am in my mid 30's and I am pretty sure they don't last for 50 years?
I think I have read that many people develop cancer 20-30 years out in the areas where the uretuers are connected to the bladder replacement and other problems related to the age of the urinary diversion. I understand this might not be a big concern for those of you 55+ or so, but I am interested in finding out what some of the younger crowd has been told by their doctors.
If I do end up with a bladder replacement, do you have enough spare intestines to make a second replacement sometime down the line? If you have a neobladder or pouch and it eventually becomes diseased or fails, do they try and construct a new one or do you just end up with a new ileal conduit?
Maybe these things aren't worth worrying about now, but I am curious..
Chris A.
Diagnosed T1G3 - 3/01/06
37 yo, Seattle, WA