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had my ureterscopy
Posted by suzy wong on October 23, 2009 at 9:19 pmhi just wanted to let you know i hav been in hospital finally
and had my ureter checked out
the reason for this was an inconclusive ct scan i had
my news was really good
there was no tumor in ureter it had a kink in it so they stretched it and also checked out my 1 remaining kidney
when i woke i had 2 catheters in one draining kidney and the other on my bladder
it said on my notes that ihad had a ROYAL FLUSH
my uro came and gave me fantastic news that i was clear with no evidence of disease
shortly after my good news i was in a lot of pain
apparently this was normal after the procedure i had
they called it kidney colic
the kidney was reaccting to the catheter
quite scary there was a lot of blood in my catheters
but after an overnite stay i was free to go home
back for cyto in 3 months
time to chill ……. for now anyway xwsilberstein replied 15 years, 3 months ago 7 Members · 14 Replies -
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Don’t know many details David, but apparently Zack had a recurrence in the form of metastases and didn’t respond to treatment.
-Warren
TaG3 + CIS 12/2000. TURB + Mitomycin C (No BCG)
Urethral stricture, urethroplasty 10/2009
CIS 11/2010 treated with BCG. CIS 5/2012 treated with BCG/interferon
T1G3 1/2013. Radical Cystectomy 3/5/2013, No invasive cancer. CIS in right ureter.
Incontinent. AUS implant 2/2014. AUS explant 5/2014
Pediatricianhi i will ask about fish test at mt next appointment
i have a retrograde phylogram every 6 months
my last procedure they went right up into my kidney and checked that out to
i ended up with a catheter in both the bladder and the kidney over night
the pain was terrible but uro said it was normal my kidney was having the spasm reacting to the catheter he said it was known as kidney colic they sedated me for 4 hours when i woke the pain was gone
honestly i thought i was in the end stages of childbirthi was laughing looking back when i woke from the procedure a nurse did ask me if i needed any pain killers but i was fine until about an hour later then wam bam lol i needed pain releif BIG STYLE
i was given whatever thru a drip and it worked a treat
I WILL KNOW BETTER NEXT TIME
other than that ordeal i am doing good fingers xst
thanks to mytomycin
and thanks to all of you my bladdercancer mates xxxI saw that Rosemary was online yesterday so I think she is reading some of he forum posts. We don’t hear much from her. You could write her private message.
Julie
Volunteer Coordinator
ABLSCI haven’t heard anything about Rosemary… and you know we lost Zack.
-Warren
TaG3 + CIS 12/2000. TURB + Mitomycin C (No BCG)
Urethral stricture, urethroplasty 10/2009
CIS 11/2010 treated with BCG. CIS 5/2012 treated with BCG/interferon
T1G3 1/2013. Radical Cystectomy 3/5/2013, No invasive cancer. CIS in right ureter.
Incontinent. AUS implant 2/2014. AUS explant 5/2014
PediatricianHi Warren, good to see you are still there (as long as you are doing well healthwise, that is). I’ve been clear (except for the positive FISH tests and some residual inflammation and displasia) for going on two years. I appreciate your answering Suzy’s question about FISH. I am guessing that my Uro will recommend the Retrograde Pylogram next, rather than another TURB since the last two or three TURB’s didn’t yield any positive biopsy results. Have you heard anything from Rosemary lately?
Dear David:
At one point my urologist was considering taking a closer look at my ureters because of some abnormality of the orifice. He had wanted to a retrograde pyelogram, a test where x-rays are taken of the kidneys and ureters after putting a dye directly into the ureter. It can be done at the time of a cystoscopy. My urologist said it has to be done under anesthesia because it will cause spasms, I think of the ureters. I never ended up having the test, but you might ask about it.
-Warren
TaG3 + CIS 12/2000. TURB + Mitomycin C (No BCG)
Urethral stricture, urethroplasty 10/2009
CIS 11/2010 treated with BCG. CIS 5/2012 treated with BCG/interferon
T1G3 1/2013. Radical Cystectomy 3/5/2013, No invasive cancer. CIS in right ureter.
Incontinent. AUS implant 2/2014. AUS explant 5/2014
PediatricianSuzy: Fish test is a test for markers for bladder cancer which can be done on the same type of specimen as your regular cytology. Ask your urologist if he has done one.
David: Haven’t seen you for a long time. Overall, how are you doing?
-Warren
TaG3 + CIS 12/2000. TURB + Mitomycin C (No BCG)
Urethral stricture, urethroplasty 10/2009
CIS 11/2010 treated with BCG. CIS 5/2012 treated with BCG/interferon
T1G3 1/2013. Radical Cystectomy 3/5/2013, No invasive cancer. CIS in right ureter.
Incontinent. AUS implant 2/2014. AUS explant 5/2014
Pediatriciandavid i dont think i hav ever had FISH test
what does this entail i hav had almost everything ??Suzy,
I am David and I’ve had a bunch (6) of TURBT’s and one instance of CIS several years ago. I’ve been clear of CIS or Papillary tumors for a couple of years but have had several positive FISH tests — but all cytology has been negative. The doc has speculated that the problem could be “upstream”, i.e.: the ureters. You had said you had a scan that was inconclusive. Had you had any FISH tests that were positive?
David
Great News Suzy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jack
TA Grade 1
3 Turbts
30 BCG Treatments
Cancer Free since Nov 2007GuestOctober 24, 2009 at 7:20 pmGlad to here your good news Suzy! Had wondered where you had been!
Betsy MaeWhat fantastic news. I’m so glad for you Suzy.
Julie
Volunteer Coordinator
ABLSCGreat news!
Happy to hear it!
Mike
Age 54
10/31/06 dx CIS (TisG3) non-invasive (at 47)
9/19/08 TURB/TUIP dx Invasive T2G3
10/8/08 RC neobladder(at 49)
2/15/13 T4G3N3M1 distant metastases(at 53)
9/2013 finished chemo -cancer free again
1/2014 ct scan results….distant mets
2/2014 ct result…spread to liver, kidneys, and lymph system
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