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  • sara.anne

    Member
    November 21, 2013 at 5:45 pm

    Maree, there are thousands of people who participate in this forum, and I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF ANYONE GETTING A HOLE IN THEIR BLADDER FROM A TURB! The urologist
    is very discriminating in his sampling…he looks, with the camera, and takes very discrete samples of places that look problematic. These are then sent for biopsy to determine the exact type and extent of the tumor or suspected tumor areas. There is no widespread “scraping.” When the path report comes back, it will state the exact site of each small piece that is analyzed. The urologist WILL remove any polyps that he finds…this CAN be curative for papillary carcinoma.

    Good luck to you and your husband.

    Sara Anne

    Diagnosis 2-08 Small papillary TCC; CIS
    BCG; BCG maintenance
    Vice-President, American Bladder Cancer Society
    Forum Moderator

  • Mareewifeofgreg

    Member
    November 21, 2013 at 9:27 am

    Yes – mine (Hubby) is going fullon with carrot juice & vege juice & other goodies incl Colloidal Silver, Vit C, alkalizers to try & improve his condition as much as possible before first TURBT due within next few weeks. Its all a bit scary at this stage. Scraping the entire lining of his bladder with the possibility of making a hole in it does not sound like fun. He has a terrible time after cytos as it is, withour all that going on. Still, it seems inevitable. Tehn there will be BCG………….

  • Bestfriend

    Member
    November 20, 2013 at 8:14 am

    Maybe eating lots of the yellow/orange helped the immunity maybe not, but I felt I was being proactive. Maybe it just helped mentally, could be:)

    bestfriend

  • Ultraphil

    Member
    December 18, 2012 at 10:55 pm

    At this stage Catherine just getting them removed when they get identified and then doing the examination 3-6 months later…but will be asking the Surgeon some more questions on future treatment after this next one is removed.

    Phil

  • catherineh

    Member
    December 18, 2012 at 10:24 pm

    Hello Phil… Welcome to the forum. Best of luck on your upcoming third TURBT. That sounds like a lot to go through in 18 months. Have you had BCG or any other treatments?

    Best wishes… Catherine

    TURBT 1/21/10 at age 55
    Dx: T2aN0M0 Primary Bladder Adenocarcinoma
    Partial Cystectomy 2/25/10
    Vanderbilt Medical Center
    Nashville, TN

  • upnorth

    Member
    December 18, 2012 at 10:18 pm

    Good luck with the site. :)

    Let us know how things are going over there once in awhile.

    Mark

    Age 55
    Diagnosed BC 12/20/2011 Ta No Mo 0a Non-Invasive At age 48
    “Please don’t cry because it is over….. Smile because it happened!” {Dr. Seuss} :)

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