Dear Karen,
Thank you for your message. The surgeon actually used that name at some point: "mushroom-like tumours".
My father's spirits are good, because when he woke up he found out that he didn't need an extra TURB anymore (so we hope).
We've been told that everything was removed. The surgeon has also admitted to have gone "a bit too far, for the sake of checking on how profound they had gone into the bladder wall" and apparently scratched it "too much" at one particular point. (So, a perforation has occurred.)
He says that with the treatment this will heal...
We're now waiting for the results and my brother and I keep thinking that, once he's back on his feet and strong, we may have to push our father to a get a second opinion elsewhere simply for safety.
Kind Regards
Gabriel
My father is a male, 65, nonsmoker. Hematuria 01/08 TURB: T1 G3 widespread bladder+prostatic urethra; 3-month BCG.
Clean until 02/11: small TURB with no biopsy; 06/11 tumour detected TURB 08/11: awaiting biopsy, prostatic adenoma removed. Biopsies show both were benign. (...)