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    Posted by wsilberstein on July 20, 2008 at 3:18 am

    Hi everyone. It’s been a long time since I’ve been here, and a lot has happened. I’ve been away because of many demands on my time, mostly good. Here’s the cake I baked for my 60th birthday party – shared with my twin and my 30 year old daughter, and my brother’s 1 year old granddaughter. Well, I’m still cancer-free (as far as I know) but a few weeks before my party I started to have my usual urinary symptoms and I wondered if it was my urethral stricture becoming inflamed. I had a little pain in my side on the way to the party, but a few Advil and lots of wine took care of that. Wouldn’t you know I was up half the night after the party with a kidney stone… and I had to get up at 5 AM for an airport run with my son. Well, the stone symptoms lasted about 2 weeks, and the CT scan only showed some hydronephrosis and dilation of the ureter. No more stones. And now I feel fine. B) The next event which is taking my time is my baby’s engagement party, but the cookies are already baked and I just have to make the cake and the sugar-free cake, so I’m not so pressed for time. Finally, there’s always some grief as well, isn’t there? My father-in-law, whose affairs I have been managing since my mother-in-law died, has become progresively more demented and weakened and can no longer be cared for at home. He appears to have cancer as well, but overall, that’s not his major issue. He’ll be going into a nursing home/hospice, and his son has taken over his finances. And I will try to visit and keep him in my thoughts without letting it overwhelm me. I see I have a whole new format to get used to. It’ll take me a while.


    -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
    Pediatrician
    Rosemary replied 16 years, 6 months ago 5 Members · 9 Replies
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    rosemary

    Member
    July 21, 2008 at 10:04 am

    Warren,

    You guys are some happy twins!! Thanks for sharing…

    Ro


    Rosemary
    Age – 55
    T1 G3 – Tumor free 2 yrs 3 months
    Dx January 2006
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    flamenco

    Member
    July 21, 2008 at 9:00 am

    Hi Warren,
    Welcome Back !
    Flamenco

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    leigh

    Member
    July 21, 2008 at 7:37 am

    Hello Warren,

    Great looking cake!!

    Glad your back…

    Leigh


    Leigh, 39
    Dx July 2007
    TURBT July 2007
    RC/Neobladder ,Studer Pouch, September 2007
    Erasmus Centrum Rotterdam
    TNM Classification: pT4 N2 Mo
    4 cycles aduvant chemo Gemzar & Cisplatinum
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    Guest
    July 21, 2008 at 4:45 am

    WARREN,,,,,,OH MY GOD, YOU LIKE LIKE TWINS!!!! and guess what, you are,,,
    ginger has twin brothers, age 65,,,also identical, pulled some real fast ones in high school, how about you two….you both look very happy,,Gene

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    wsilberstein

    Member
    July 21, 2008 at 3:44 am

    Dear Pat,
    Not sure what a Gene Meyer tie is. It’s Dr. Seuss. Got it at http://www.wildties.com. You can’t even tell that I was catheterized at the time after my last urethral stricture dilation :P


    -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
    Pediatrician
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    wsilberstein

    Member
    July 21, 2008 at 3:34 am

    Dear Gene,
    Thanks for thinking I don’t look 60. Here’s me and my twin not looking 60.

    I’m on the right. I’m 7 minutes older. Isn’t it obvious :laugh:


    -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
    Pediatrician
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    rosemary

    Member
    July 20, 2008 at 11:11 am

    Warren,

    Welcome back. You have been sorely missed. I like the profile photo.

    Since you have been gone so long, I am surely glad that your time has been well spent looking after your family so well and baking them cookies and cakes.

    Good job on that cake. I bet that was fun to do!

    Your Old Forum Friend,
    Rosemary


    Rosemary
    Age – 55
    T1 G3 – Tumor free 2 yrs 3 months
    Dx January 2006
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    Guest
    July 20, 2008 at 4:39 am

    Hi Warren..and welcome back. You have been missed.
    Is that a Gene Meyer tie you have on?
    Pat

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    Guest
    July 20, 2008 at 4:32 am

    Hey Warren,

    Your looking very good these days. We missed your butting in once in awhile. Alot has happened since you were gone. Zachary has a issue of sorts, we are all praying for him . So you turned 60, don’t look it, and glad your kidney stone situation has been taken care off. I have had 3 myself, one after Gene’s R/C ,, HE COULDN’T TAKE ME TO THE ER,,he was home 2 weeks from surgery, it was a nitemare…
    Glad your back,,,Warren,,,,you notice I said Warren!!!Ginger

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