Hi all,
My mother in law, who is 80, just underwent a cystoscopy due to recurrent UTIs. Following this procedure she was told there was a "small lesion" in the neck of her bladder and she would need a TUR for further biopsy/removal. After reading through this section it seems as if most people have questionable areas removed while they are scoped. Now they are asking that she go under general anesthesia for the TUR and we are concerned about risks/benefits to this ( she does have mild heart issues, sleep apnea, etc). The only other testing done was an ultrasound a week after she was scoped which was "unremarkable". By the way, the doctor also told her this lesion at the neck of her bladder has nothing to do with the UTIs. Any thoughts? It seems most on this site are considerably younger when diagnosed, I am still wondering if the TUR is necessary although according to MIL the doctor did not give her a choice but said she had to have it removed. He did however tell her it was most likely nothing. I read all the articles related to "watchful waiting" but I presume that strategy is only after you have a definitive grade on the tumor. I went through this with my father who was diagnosed with very early stage prostate ca at 77, again would watchful waiting have worked. He chose radiation and thankfully had no significant side effects and PSA remains low 5 years later. Hope I didn't ramble too much. thank you.
