Hi everyone,
My Dad just had his Neobladder surgery and is doing great! He had it last Monday -the 17th and is going home tomorrow, if all goes well. He had three months of chemo before the surgery, which he hated but tolerated fairly well. He found out today that they took 49 nodes and 11 had cancer. My Mom will take the pathology report to their Oncologist tomorrow to have it read. My Dad dreaded another round of Chemo but knew it was a possibility.
Has anyone had this situation and offer any info? Such as.... if his bladder cancer was contained in the bladder, how did it get in the lymph nodes? Is being in the Lymph Nodes a BAD
thing? Can another round of chemo, pretty much, assure him a clean slate?
Lots of questions and lots of hope and I try to keep my Dad's spirits up.
Thanks for any info.
If other members have had the neobladder and my Dad can contact them with questions, if they are okay with that, can you e-mail me your #?
Thanks!
Karen